Node/Express.js - Overriding where to look for the 'Views' folder for each request

Question

In my Node/Express.js project I can set the views folder globally like so:

app.configure(function() {
    app.set(\'views\', __dirname + \'/views\');
    .... sn         


        

Answer 1

Full path works too

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.render(path.join(__dirname, 'view.jade'));
});

Answer 2

As a more modular solution, I did something like this in sails.js. Just over-ride the render function for the given request in your middleware. :)

var curRender = res.render;
res.render = function(path, locals, func) {
    var args = [res.locals.explicitPath + '/' + path, locals, func];
    curRender.apply(this, args);
};

Answer 3

The 'views' setting is the root directory, so you should be able to specify a sub-folder in the hierarchy:

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.render('areaName/viewName');
});

It means your 'areas' need to be sub-folders, but it allows you to accomplish the separation you are looking for.