@types/ejs/index.d.ts

TypeScript definitions for ejs

export as namespace ejs;

/**
 * Version of EJS.
 */
export const VERSION: string;

/**
 * Name for detection of EJS.
 */
export const name: "ejs";

/**
 * Get the path to the included file from the parent file path and the
 * specified path.
 *
 * @param name specified path
 * @param filename parent file path
 * @param isDir whether the parent file path is a directory
 */
export function resolveInclude(name: string, filename: string, isDir?: boolean): string;

/**
 * Compile the given `str` of ejs into a template function.
 */
export function compile(
    template: string,
    opts: Options & { async: true; client?: false | undefined },
): AsyncTemplateFunction;
export function compile(template: string, opts: Options & { async: true; client: true }): AsyncClientFunction;
export function compile(
    template: string,
    opts?: Options & { async?: false | undefined; client?: false | undefined },
): TemplateFunction;
export function compile(template: string, opts?: Options & { async?: false | undefined; client: true }): ClientFunction;
export function compile(template: string, opts?: Options): TemplateFunction | AsyncTemplateFunction;

/**
 * Render the given `template` of ejs.
 *
 * If you would like to include options but not data, you need to explicitly
 * call this function with `data` being an empty object or `null`.
 */
export function render(template: string, data?: Data, opts?: Options & { async: false }): string;
export function render(template: string, data: Data | undefined, opts: Options & { async: true }): Promise<string>;
export function render(template: string, data: Data | undefined, opts: Options & { async?: never | undefined }): string;
export function render(template: string, data?: Data, opts?: Options): string | Promise<string>;

/**
 * Callback for receiving data from `renderFile`.
 *
 * @param err error, if any resulted from the rendering process
 * @param str output string, is `undefined` if there is an error
 */
export type RenderFileCallback<T> = (err: Error | null, str: string) => T;

/**
 * Render an EJS file at the given `path` and callback `cb(err, str)`.
 *
 * If you would like to include options but not data, you need to explicitly
 * call this function with `data` being an empty object or `null`.
 */
export function renderFile<T>(path: string, cb: RenderFileCallback<T>): T;
export function renderFile<T>(path: string, data: Data, cb: RenderFileCallback<T>): T;
export function renderFile<T>(path: string, data: Data, opts: Options, cb: RenderFileCallback<T>): T;
export function renderFile(path: string, data?: Data, opts?: Options): Promise<string>;

/**
 * Clear intermediate JavaScript cache. Calls {@link Cache#reset}.
 */
export function clearCache(): void;

/**
 * EJS template function cache. This can be a LRU object from lru-cache
 * NPM module. By default, it is `utils.cache`, a simple in-process
 * cache that grows continuously.
 */
export let cache: Cache;

/**
 * Custom file loader. Useful for template preprocessing or restricting access
 * to a certain part of the filesystem.
 *
 * @param path the path of the file to be read
 * @return the contents of the file as a string or object that implements the toString() method
 *
 * @default fs.readFileSync
 */
export type fileLoader = (path: string) => string | { toString(): string };
export let fileLoader: fileLoader;

/**
 * Name of the object containing the locals.
 *
 * This variable is overridden by {@link Options}`.localsName` if it is not
 * `undefined`.
 *
 * @default 'locals'
 */
export let localsName: string;

/**
 * The opening delimiter for all statements. This allows you to clearly delinate
 * the difference between template code and existing delimiters. (It is recommended
 * to synchronize this with the closeDelimiter property.)
 *
 * @default '<'
 */
export let openDelimiter: string;

/**
 * The closing delimiter for all statements. This allows to to clearly delinate
 * the difference between template code and existing delimiters. (It is recommended
 * to synchronize this with the openDelimiter property.)
 *
 * @default '>'
 */
export let closeDelimiter: string;

/**
 * The delimiter used in template compilation.
 *
 * @default '%'
 */
export let delimiter: string | undefined;

/**
 * Promise implementation -- defaults to the native implementation if available
 * This is mostly just for testability
 *
 * @default Promise
 */
export let promiseImpl: PromiseConstructorLike | undefined;

/**
 * Escape characters reserved in XML.
 *
 * This is simply an export of `utils.escapeXML`.
 *
 * If `markup` is `undefined` or `null`, the empty string is returned.
 */
export function escapeXML(markup?: any): string;

export class Template {
    /**
     * The EJS template source text.
     */
    readonly templateText: string;

    /**
     * The compiled JavaScript function source, or the empty string
     * if the template hasn't been compiled yet.
     */
    readonly source: string;

    constructor(text: string, opts?: Options);

    /**
     * Compiles the EJS template.
     */
    compile(): TemplateFunction | AsyncTemplateFunction | ClientFunction | AsyncClientFunction;
}

export namespace Template {
    enum modes {
        EVAL = "eval",
        ESCAPED = "escaped",
        RAW = "raw",
        COMMENT = "comment",
        LITERAL = "literal",
    }
}

export interface Data {
    [name: string]: any;
}

/**
 * This type of function is returned from `compile`, when
 * `Options.client` is false.
 *
 * @param data an object of data to be passed into the template.
 * @return Return type depends on `Options.async`.
 */
export type TemplateFunction = (data?: Data) => string;

/**
 * This type of function is returned from `compile`, when
 * `Options.client` is false.
 *
 * @param data an object of data to be passed into the template.
 * @return Return type depends on `Options.async`.
 */
export type AsyncTemplateFunction = (data?: Data) => Promise<string>;

/**
 * This type of function is returned from `compile`, when
 * `Options.client` is true.
 *
 * This is also used internally to generate a `TemplateFunction`.
 *
 * @param locals an object of data to be passed into the template.
 * The name of this variable is adjustable through `localsName`.
 *
 * @param escape callback used to escape variables
 * @param include callback used to include files at runtime with `include()`
 * @param rethrow callback used to handle and rethrow errors
 *
 * @return Return type depends on `Options.async`.
 */
export type ClientFunction = (
    locals?: Data,
    escape?: EscapeCallback,
    include?: IncludeCallback,
    rethrow?: RethrowCallback,
) => string;

/**
 * This type of function is returned from `compile`, when
 * `Options.client` is true.
 *
 * This is also used internally to generate a `TemplateFunction`.
 *
 * @param locals an object of data to be passed into the template.
 * The name of this variable is adjustable through `localsName`.
 *
 * @param escape callback used to escape variables
 * @param include callback used to include files at runtime with `include()`
 * @param rethrow callback used to handle and rethrow errors
 *
 * @return Return type depends on `Options.async`.
 */
export type AsyncClientFunction = (
    locals?: Data,
    escape?: EscapeCallback,
    include?: IncludeCallback,
    rethrow?: RethrowCallback,
) => Promise<string>;

/**
 * Escapes a string using HTML/XML escaping rules.
 *
 * Returns the empty string for `null` or `undefined`.
 *
 * @param markup Input string
 * @return Escaped string
 */
export type EscapeCallback = (markup?: any) => string;

/**
 * This type of callback is used when `Options.compileDebug`
 * is `true`, and an error in the template is thrown.
 *
 * By default it is used to rethrow an error in a better-formatted way.
 *
 * @param err Error object
 * @param str full EJS source
 * @param filename file name of the EJS source
 * @param lineno line number of the error
 */
export type RethrowCallback = (
    err: Error,
    str: string,
    filename: string | null | undefined,
    lineno: number,
    esc: EscapeCallback,
) => never;

/**
 * The callback called by `ClientFunction` to include files at runtime with `include()`
 *
 * @param path Path to be included
 * @param data Data passed to the template
 * @return Contents of the file requested
 */
export type IncludeCallback = (path: string, data?: Data) => string;

/**
 * An object where {@link filename} is the final parsed path or {@link template} is the content of the included template
 */
export type IncluderResult = { filename: string; template?: never } | { template: string; filename?: never };

/**
 * @param originalPath the path as it appears in the include statement
 * @param parsedPath the previously resolved path
 *
 * @return An {@link IncluderResult} object containing the filename or template data.
 */
export type IncluderCallback = (originalPath: string, parsedPath: string) => IncluderResult;

export interface Options {
    /**
     * Log the generated JavaScript source for the EJS template to the console.
     *
     * @default false
     */
    debug?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * Include additional runtime debugging information in generated template
     * functions.
     *
     * @default true
     */
    compileDebug?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * Whether or not to use `with () {}` construct in the generated template
     * functions. If set to `false`, data is still accessible through the object
     * whose name is specified by `ejs.localsName` (defaults to `locals`).
     *
     * @default true
     */
    _with?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * Whether to run in strict mode or not.
     * Enforces `_with=false`.
     *
     * @default false
     */
    strict?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * An array of local variables that are always destructured from `localsName`,
     * available even in strict mode.
     *
     * @default []
     */
    destructuredLocals?: string[] | undefined;

    /**
     * Remove all safe-to-remove whitespace, including leading and trailing
     * whitespace. It also enables a safer version of `-%>` line slurping for all
     * scriptlet tags (it does not strip new lines of tags in the middle of a
     * line).
     *
     * @default false
     */
    rmWhitespace?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * Whether or not to compile a `ClientFunction` that can be rendered
     * in the browser without depending on ejs.js. Otherwise, a `TemplateFunction`
     * will be compiled.
     *
     * @default false
     */
    client?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * The escaping function used with `<%=` construct. It is used in rendering
     * and is `.toString()`ed in the generation of client functions.
     *
     * @default ejs.escapeXML
     */
    escape?: EscapeCallback | undefined;

    /**
     * The filename of the template. Required for inclusion and caching unless
     * you are using `renderFile`. Also used for error reporting.
     *
     * @default undefined
     */
    filename?: string | undefined;

    /**
     * The path to templates root(s). When this is set, absolute paths for includes
     * (/filename.ejs) will be relative to the templates root(s).
     *
     * @default undefined
     */
    root?: string[] | string | undefined;

    /**
     * The opening delimiter for all statements. This allows you to clearly delinate
     * the difference between template code and existing delimiters. (It is recommended
     * to synchronize this with the closeDelimiter property.)
     *
     * @default ejs.openDelimiter
     */
    openDelimiter?: string | undefined;

    /**
     * The closing delimiter for all statements. This allows to to clearly delinate
     * the difference between template code and existing delimiters. (It is recommended
     * to synchronize this with the openDelimiter property.)
     *
     * @default ejs.closeDelimiter
     */
    closeDelimiter?: string | undefined;

    /**
     * Character to use with angle brackets for open/close
     * @default '%'
     */
    delimiter?: string | undefined;

    /**
     * Whether or not to enable caching of template functions. Beware that
     * the options of compilation are not checked as being the same, so
     * special handling is required if, for example, you want to cache client
     * and regular functions of the same file.
     *
     * Requires `filename` to be set. Only works with rendering function.
     *
     * @default false
     */
    cache?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * The Object to which `this` is set during rendering.
     *
     * @default this
     */
    context?: any;

    /**
     * Whether or not to create an async function instead of a regular function.
     * This requires language support.
     *
     * @default false
     */
    async?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * Make sure to set this to 'false' in order to skip UglifyJS parsing,
     * when using ES6 features (`const`, etc) as UglifyJS doesn't understand them.
     * @default true
     */
    beautify?: boolean | undefined;

    /**
     * Name to use for the object storing local variables when not using `with` or destructuring.
     *
     * @default ejs.localsName
     */
    localsName?: string | undefined;

    /** Set to a string (e.g., 'echo' or 'print') for a function to print output inside scriptlet tags. */
    outputFunctionName?: string | undefined;

    /**
     * An array of paths to use when resolving includes with relative paths
     */
    views?: string[] | undefined;

    /**
     * Custom function to handle EJS includes
     */
    includer?: IncluderCallback;
}

export interface Cache {
    /**
     * Cache the intermediate JavaScript function for a template.
     *
     * @param key key for caching
     * @param val cached function
     */
    set(key: string, val: TemplateFunction): void;

    /**
     * Get the cached intermediate JavaScript function for a template.
     *
     * @param key key for caching
     */
    get(key: string): TemplateFunction | undefined;

    /**
     * Clear the entire cache.
     */
    reset(): void;
}