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View engine for `koa` without any deps, built to be used with `bel`. Any other engines that can be written in `.js` files would work, too. For example, js file template can just return a stream :)

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View engine for koa without any deps, built to be used with bel. Any other engines that can be written in .js files would work, too.

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Install

npm i koa-bel --save

Usage

For more use-cases see the tests

const koaBel = require('koa-bel')

Javascript template views for koa@2. You can use koa-convert if you want to work in koa@1.x version.

Cool thing about that, is it not requires your templates to be bel or something other like yo-yo, or any other DOM thingy. You can simple return a stream or buffer or anything that can be added to ctx.body. By default it calls .toString() on the returned value, but you can bypass that if you pass opts.toString: false option.

Params

  • <dir> {String|Buffer}: directory to read the views
  • [opts] {Object}: optional options
  • returns {Function}: plugin for koa version 2

Example

const Koa = require('koa')
const bel = require('koa-bel')
const app = new Koa()

const port = 4290

app.use(bel('./views'))
app.use((ctx, next) => {
  ctx.render('home', {
    heading: 'Welcome page',
    description: 'This is our cool landing page, man!',
    subhead: 'What we offer?',
    services: [
      'Realtime Web Apps',
      'Security and Simplicity',
      'Logo Design and Prototypes'
    ]
  })
  return next()
})

app.listen(port, (err) => {
  console.log(`Server start listening on http://localhost:${port}`)
})

Example views/home.js

Here you can even use yo-yo, instead of bel. Or just return a buffer or stream and just pass options.toString: false option.

'use strict'

var bel = require('bel')

module.exports = function home (state) {
  return bel`<section>
    <h1>${state.heading}</h1>
    <p>${state.description}</p>
    <h2>${state.subhead}</h2>
    <ul>${state.services.map((service) => {
      return bel`<li>${service}</li>`
    })}</ul>
  </section>`
}

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Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
But before doing anything, please read the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines.

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