sheercms/lib/view.js

Sheer Cliff CMS is a simple and powerful content management system (CMS) for Node JS.

/*
Sheer Cliff CMS Plugin - view - renders EJS views
 */

var ejs = require('ejs');
var path_module = require('path');
var logger = require('./logger');

module.exports.render = function(str, model) {
    return ejs.render(str, model);
};

/*
callback: (err, output)
 */
module.exports.renderFile = function(view, model, callback) {
    if (callback) {
        try {
            if (view.indexOf('.ejs') == -1)
                view += '.ejs';
            var path = path = path_module.join(__dirname, "..", "views", view);

            ejs.renderFile(path, model, function (err, output) {
                if (err) {
                    logger.error(err);
                    callback(err);
                }
                else {
                    if (output && output.indexOf("Error:") == 0) {
                        var e = new Error("Error in view.renderFile: " + output);
                        logger.error(e);
                        callback(e, output);
                    } else {
                        callback(null, output);
                    }
                }
            });
        } catch (e) {
            logger.error(e);
            callback(e);
        }
    }
};