Steps to Display Images using Handlebars
Step 1: Initialize Node project
npm init
Step 2: Install express and express-handlebars
npm install --save express express-handlebars
The Updated Dependencies in the package.json file
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.19.2",
"express-handlebars": "^7.1.2",
}
Step 3: Setting up express server:
//importing modules
import express from "express"
import path from "path"
import exphbs from "express-handlebars"
// Express server's instance
const app = express();
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
// listening
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server started running on PORT ${PORT}`));
Project Structure:
project structure
Step 3: Change the default view engine to handlebars: To serve static files like images from a directory named âimagesâ
app.engine("handlebars", exphbs({ defaultLayout: "main" }));
app.set("view engine", "handlebars");
app.use(express.static("images"));
With the above line we are telling our Node.js app where our images will be stored. We will not have to specify a messy path to our image in our <img> tag.
Step 4: Define routes and render views accordingly
// Route to display static src images
app.get("/static", (req, res) => {
res.render("static");
});
// Route to display dynamic src images
app.get("/dynamic", (req, res) => {
imageList = [];
imageList.push({ src: "icons/flask.png", name: "flask" });
imageList.push({ src: "icons/javascript.png", name: "javascript" });
imageList.push({ src: "icons/react.png", name: "react" });
res.render("dynamic", { imageList: imageList });
});
Handlebar templates: Now let us create a static.handlebars file in our views directory with the following content:
<!-- Filename - index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Handlebars Images Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Display Static Images Using Handlebars In NodeJS</h1>
<br>
<img src="images/gfg.png" alt="" style="border: 5px inset black;">
</body>
<html>
// Filename - index.js
//importing modules
import express from "express"
import path from "path"
import exphbs from "express-handlebars"
// Express server's instance
const app = express();
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.engine("handlebars", exphbs({ defaultLayout: "main" }));
app.set("view engine", "handlebars");
app.use(express.static("images"));
// Route to display static src images
app.get("/static", (req, res) => {
res.render("static");
});
// Route to display dynamic src images
app.get("/dynamic", (req, res) => {
imageList = [];
imageList.push({ src: "icons/flask.png", name: "flask" });
imageList.push({ src: "icons/javascript.png", name: "javascript" });
imageList.push({ src: "icons/react.png", name: "react" });
res.render("dynamic", { imageList: imageList });
})
// Listening
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server started running on PORT ${PORT}`));
node index.js
Output: Now, go to localhost:3000/static which will render GFG logo on the webpage.
Static img src display
Now let us create a dynamic.handlebars file in our views directory with the following content:
<!--index.html --><!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Handlebars Images Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Display Dynamic Images Using Handlebars In NodeJS</h1> <br>
<div class="row">
{{#each imageList}}
<div class="col-md-4">
<div class="text-success" style="font-size: large;
font-weight: 700;">{{this.name}}</div>
<img src="{{this.src}}">
</div>
{{/each}}
</div>
</body>
<html>
Output: Now, go to localhost:3000/dynamic which will render some icons on the webpage. (The urls of these images are passed from server side).
Dynamic img src display
How to Display Images using Handlebars in Node.js ?
In this article, we will discuss how to display images using handlebars in Node.js. You may refer to this article for setting up handlebars View Engine in Node.js
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