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include not a function error#525
@richlewis14

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@richlewis14
richlewis14
opened on Jun 12, 2020

Hi,

I am positive that the above error is caused by my implementation or use of ejs, but I have a scenario where I am trying to render a partial within a partial, this particular section of the view gets rendered after an Ajax call (I'm trying to split my views into smaller components)

I have a view file views/home.ejs and within that I have <%- include('test-component') %>

The error I get is include is not a function

When sending the rendered html back to the client it is compiled through

const readAndCompileFile = async filePath => {
  const file = await readFile(filePath);
  return ejs.compile(file, { client: true });
};

const sendHtml = async (data, res) => {
  const template = await readAndCompileFile(TEMPLATE_FILE_PATH);
  const html = template({ ...data, Utilities, moment });
  return res.send({ html });
};

I hope this is enough information but if anything further is needed then please advise

I am on the latest version of ejs, 3.1.3

Thank You

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mde

mde commented on Jun 14, 2020

@mde
mde
on Jun 14, 2020
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I would need to see more code to understand what you're trying to do, and what's not working. From your initial description, it's possible that the error stems from your asynchronous rendering steps, but this is just a guess.

woodscreative

woodscreative commented on Jul 26, 2020

@woodscreative
woodscreative
on Jul 26, 2020

Using EJS 3.1.3 with Express 4.17.1 and cannot get includes to work either include not a function without async.

eyupahmetyilmaz

eyupahmetyilmaz commented on Nov 25, 2021

@eyupahmetyilmaz
eyupahmetyilmaz
on Nov 25, 2021 · edited by eyupahmetyilmaz
const readAndCompileFile = async filePath => {
  const file = await readFile(filePath);
  return ejs.compile(file, { r_client: true });
};

If you using "include" in .ejs file, don't use client

ahmedseada

ahmedseada commented on Dec 9, 2021

@ahmedseada
ahmedseada
on Dec 9, 2021

@eyupahmetyilmaz spent 3 hours looking for the error beacuse i was using 'client' .
thanks alot

LeoSko

LeoSko commented on Jun 12, 2022

@LeoSko
LeoSko
on Jun 12, 2022

My mistake here was that I didn't provide a proper callback for rendering of included template, but only on top-level template rendering, which resulted in exactly that error. A working (kinda minimal) example: https://jsfiddle.net/cjw57p6n/41/

UdayaBandara

UdayaBandara commented on Jul 26, 2022

@UdayaBandara
UdayaBandara
on Jul 26, 2022
const readAndCompileFile = async filePath => {
  const file = await readFile(filePath);
  return ejs.compile(file, { r_client: true });
};

If you using "include" in .ejs file, don't use client

thank you very much. spend so many hours because this word "client"

aahnik
added a commit that references this issue on Mar 5, 2024

remove client:true in ejs options as it was leading to errors while t…

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