How to: Use ejs without express

Question

I\'m starting with node in general, and I\'m attempting to do a site without express. I would none the less want to use ejs to inject my html and this is where my problem is...

Answer 1

Example from some book: template.ejs

  
    
  
  
    <% entries.map(entry => { %>
      
<%= entry.title %>
      
<%= entry.date %>
      
<%= entry.body %>
    <% }); %>
  



function blogPage(entries) {
    const values = { entries };
    const template = fs.readFileSync('./template.ejs', 'utf8');
    return ejs.render(template, values);
}


const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
    const entries = getEntries();
    const output = blogPage(entries);
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
    res.end(output);
    console.log('run server');
});
server.listen(8000);