node.js - Node JS Pass a Variable to Jade / Pug

Question

For some reason I can't pass a variable to the pug template with Node JS.

app.get("/", function (req, res) {
    res.render('index', { hello : 'Hey'} )
})

....

extends layout.pug

block content
    h1 #{hello} guy

This just returns "guy" in the index.html file

Answer 1

I think you are using JADE coding (#{hello}) with "pug"(updated jade) plugin with static .html -- completely wrong.

Follow the lines below:

1. Use this first

app.set('views', __dirname + '/public/views');
app.set('view engine', 'pug');

2. Then pass this to first visit

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
   res.render('index', { title: 'Hey', message: 'Hello there!'});
});

3. Then echo in template file "index.pug" in "/public/views"

html
  head
  title= title
body
  h1= message