How to use node modules (like MomentJS) in EJS views?

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dmodulus · Oct 9, 2012 · Viewed 35.1k times · Source

To use MomentJS in views/custom.ejs, what is the correct way (if any)?

Server side

routes/index etc we can easily use require('moment'); etc and it works fine.
Server Side (EJS views)

views/custome.ejs, something like <% var m = require('moment'); %> doesn't work

I am using ExpressJS with EJS as the template engine.

Answer

I found another way of doing this, and I think it has some advantages.

On your controller, or view.js do this:

var moment = require('moment');
exports.index = function(req, res) {
    // send moment to your ejs
    res.render('index', { moment: moment });
}

Now you can use moment inside your ejs:

<html>
    <h1><%= moment().fromNow() %></h1>
</html>

I'm not an Node expert, so if anyone see something bad on doing this, let me know! :)