Cannot find module EJS

[powmedia]

I'm getting the 'Cannot find module EJS' error when trying to render a page.

Installing EJS globally, or installing it a level above my app.js file fixes this issue. Here is a stackoverflow question from someone else who had the problem:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7754799/error-cannot-find-module-ejs

[tj]

if you can require('ejs') it in your app.js file express should be able to find it just fine

[tj]

hmm it kinda looks like it's using a globally installed express..

[powmedia]

It's a bit strange - I've tried requiring EJS from my app.js file and although it's in the main node_modules folder the require now fails as soon as the app starts. Moving EJS back out to a node_modules a level above my app.js fixes it.

This is on a new machine so I haven't installed Express or EJS globally.

[tj]

looks global to me "/Users/shamoon/local/node/lib/node_modules/express"

[tj]

that should be "/Users/shamoon/Sites/soldhere.in/node_modules/express"

[powmedia]

Oh yeah I see what you mean - that's not the error I submitted on stackoverflow, that was someone else who seemed to be having the same problem.

Here's my stack trace:
500 Error: Cannot find module 'ejs'
at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:326:11)
at Function._load (module.js:271:25)
at require (module.js:355:19)
at View.templateEngine (/Users/charlie/Work/Pow/api/node_modules/express/lib/view/view.js:133:38)
at Function.compile (/Users/charlie/Work/Pow/api/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:65:17)
at ServerResponse._render (/Users/charlie/Work/Pow/api/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:414:18)
at ServerResponse.render (/Users/charlie/Work/Pow/api/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:315:17)
at /Users/charlie/Work/Pow/site/controllers/main.js:9:13
at callbacks (/Users/charlie/Work/Pow/site/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:272:11)
at param (/Users/charlie/Work/Pow/site/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:246:11)

[powmedia]

One point I've just thought of that may be applicable - I'm mounting a second Express app (api) within a main Express app (site)

[tj]

hmm yeah that might have something to do with it, bottom-line is that if you can require() it in that app, express can get it, so that's definitely the first thing to resolve

[joshbirk]

Just a note:

I've got: require('ejs') and app.set('view engine', 'ejs') - and I still get this error. For me, it was having a globally installed express. global express + any kind of ejs resulted in the module not being found when using render(). Locally installed both seemed to work.

[tj]

This issue has been inactive for over 4 months so I'm closing it. If you think it's still an issue re-open.

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[dougwilson]

Open a new issues with complete information so we can better assist you. This issue is 6 years old and Express and things like ejs have changed a fair bit in that time.