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Nodejs/Express: Error: Failed to lookup view error in views directory

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I switched my nodejs template engine over to ejs (from jade). When I run my app.js with my ejs template, I receive a series of Failed to lookup view 'error' in views logs.

Some of which include:

GET /css/bootstrap.min.css 500 12.588 ms - 1390

Error: Failed to lookup view error in views directory

...

GET /css/clean-blog.min.css

Error: Failed to lookup view error in views directory

...

GET /js/bootstrap.min.js

Error: Failed to lookup view error in views directory

...

GET /js/jquery.js

Error: Failed to lookup view error in views directory

Thing is, many of these dependencies are included in the template itself (included via script tags). What is the proper place to get these to work in express? It seems like express ultimately should not be looking for these in the views folder (since they aren't views).

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answered 8 Years ago jaredsages · Accepted Answer

Make sure your Express App has this setup, for the current layout it sounds like you have.

// Require static assets from public folder

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));



// Set 'views' directory for any views 

// being rendered res.render()

app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));



// Set view engine as EJS

app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);

app.set('view engine', 'html');

It is pretty normal for views that are getting rendered by res.render() to be placed in a 'Views' directory at the top level of your app. The express-generator actually uses that view setup. You can change that by modifying the below line

// replace with the directory path below ./

app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));