problem at rendering views using express.js

Question

Though my rendering path is correct when I hit http://localhost:4444/admin/posts/create it shows some error like

Error: Failed to lookup view "/admin/posts/create" in views directory "D:\node practise\CMS\views"

app.js file is like

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const path = require('path');
const exphbs = require('express-handlebars');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');


mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/cms', { useNewUrlParser: true })
    .then(db => {
        console.log('MONGO CONNECTED!');
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.log('MONGO NOT CONNECTED!');
    })



//making app to use static file
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

//define template engine
app.set('view engine', 'handlebars');

//set default engine
app.engine('handlebars', exphbs({defaultLayout: 'home'}));

//load routes
const home = require("./routes/home/index");
const admin = require("./routes/admin/index");
const posts = require("./routes/admin/posts");

//use routes
app.use(home);
app.use("/admin", admin);
app.use("/admin/posts", posts);


//setting up server
app.listen(4444, () => {
    console.log('Listening....');
});

I have posts.js that handles this route like

const express = require("express");
const router = express.Router();


router.all('/*', (req, res, next) => {
    req.app.locals.layout = 'admin';
    next();
})

router.get('/', (req, res) => {
    res.send('It works!');
})

router.get('/create', (req, res) => {
    res.render('/admin/posts/create');
})

module.exports = router;

And I have my views folder structure as

What may be the cause of error? When I try to send response it works but when I try to render the view it shows error.

is your index.js file (I suppose it's called like that) in your root folder? — Lazar Nikolic
– Lazar Nikolic, Commented Sep 1, 2018 at 13:07
No it is not inside root folder. I have folder called routes and inside this I have next directory called posts and inside this I have index.js file. — John
– John, Commented Sep 1, 2018 at 13:18
If I understood you correctly, that means that inside your router.get for /create you did not put good path for res.render — Lazar Nikolic
– Lazar Nikolic, Commented Sep 1, 2018 at 13:19

Ryan W · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-01 13:25:05Z

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Can you try res.render('admin/posts/create');?

If the view folders is set properly like this: app.set('views', './views'), you should be able to resolve simple view name like res.render('myview') under ./views folder

answered Sep 1, 2018 at 13:25

Ryan W

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