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Render basic HTML view?
I have a basic Node.js app that I am trying to get off the ground using the Express framework. I have a views folder where I have an index.html file. But I receive the following error when loading the ...
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Electron require() is not defined
I'm creating an Electron app for my own purpose. My problem is when I'm using node functions inside my HTML page it throws an error of:
'require()' is not defined.
Is there any way to use Node ...
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Loading basic HTML in Node.js
I'm trying to find out how to load and render a basic HTML file so I don't have to write code like:
response.write('...<p>blahblahblah</p>...');
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Best approach to real time http streaming to HTML5 video client [closed]
I'm really stuck trying to understand the best way to stream real time output of ffmpeg to a HTML5 client using node.js, as there are a number of variables at play and I don't have a lot of experience ...
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HTML-parser on Node.js [closed]
Is there something like Ruby's nokogiri on nodejs?
I mean a user-friendly HTML-parser.
I'd seen on Node.js modules page some parsers, but I can't find something pretty and fresh.
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Good beginners tutorial to socket.io? [closed]
I am very new to the world of webdevelopment and jumped into the bandwagon because I find the concept of HTML5 very interesting. I am fairly confident on working with canvas and would now like to move ...
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Connecting to TCP Socket from browser using javascript
I have a vb.net application that opens a socket and listens on it.
I need to communicate via this socket to that application using a javascript running on a browser. That is i need to send some data ...
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How do I use HTML as the view engine in Express?
I tried this simple change from the seed and created the corresponding .html files (e.g. index.html).
//app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set('view engine', 'html');
and this file remained the ...
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Node.js can't create Blobs? [duplicate]
I am working with node.js and I streamed my Audio to my node.js server.
Now I noticed during the process of building the audio blob:
var audioBlob = new Blob([dataview], { type: 'audio/wav' });
That ...
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where to find or how to set htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title in project created with vue cli 3?
I wanted to set title to my webpage created with vue cli 3 and thus looked into public/index.html. There, I found <title><%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %></title>.
How do I set ...
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Streaming a video file to an html5 video player with Node.js so that the video controls continue to work?
Tl;Dr - The Question:
What is the right way to handle streaming a video file to an html5 video player with Node.js so that the video controls continue to work?
I think it has to do with the way that ...
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How do you import a javascript package from a cdn/script tag in React?
I'd like to import this javascript package in React
<script src="https://cdn.dwolla.com/1/dwolla.js"></script>
However, there is no NPM package, so I can't import it as such:
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Difference between jQuery vs. AngularJS vs. Node.js [closed]
I'm just starting web development, and so far I know:
HTML - layout of website
CSS - make it look pretty
JavaScript - functionality
Then what is jQuery, AngularJS, and Node.js?
After doing a quick ...
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Using HTML in Express instead of Jade
How to I get rid of Jade while using Express with Node.JS? I want to just use plain html. In other articles I have seen that people recommended app.register() which is now deprecated in the latest ...
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Sending message to a specific connected users using webSocket?
I wrote a code for broadcasting a message to all users:
// websocket and http servers
var webSocketServer = require('websocket').server;
...
...
var clients = [ ];
var server = http.createServer(...
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How to add custom html attributes in JSX
There are different reasons behind it, but I wonder how to simply add custom attributes to an element in JSX?
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DOM element to corresponding vue.js component
How can I find the vue.js component corresponding to a DOM element?
If I have
element = document.getElementById(id);
Is there a vue method equivalent to the jQuery
$(element)
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What is the main use of the site.webmanifest file?
I am using a HTML Boilerplate and I see a file called site.webmanifest. I have searched information on the Internet and I don't understand the use of it.
Is it a mandatory file in the development of ...
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how to use jQuery ajax calls with node.js
This is similar to Stream data with Node.js, but I don't feel that question was answered sufficiently.
I'm trying to use a jQuery ajax call (get, load, getJSON) to transfer data between a page and a ...
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Save and render a webpage with PhantomJS and node.js
I'm looking for an example of requesting a webpage, waiting for the JavaScript to render (JavaScript modifies the DOM), and then grabbing the HTML of the page.
This should be a simple example with an ...
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Pass variable to html template in nodemailer
I want to send email with nodemailer using html template. In that template I need to inject some dynamically some variables and I really can't do that. My code:
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');...
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Node.js Generate html
I have created a JavaScript program which generates a list of data. Example output below:
output one
output two
output three
...
I would like to be able to generate a HTML file which can be saved ...
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Get element height with Vuejs
I want to get the height of a div in order to make the height of another div matching it. I used the method clientHeight, but It doesn't return me the good value (smaller value). Actually, It seems to ...
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What exactly does 'serving static files' mean?
So far I've always been developing my clientside applications without any of my own servers running behind it, using Webstorm's built-in webserver to serve my content.
What I frequently see when ...
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Can WebSocket addresses carry parameters?
Is ws://myserver.com/path?param=1 a valid WebSocket address ?
The address http://myserver.com/path?param=1 (notice it's now http and not ws) works fine with wscat, but I can't get it working on the ...
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Connecting client to server using Socket.io
I'm relatively new to node.js and it's addons, so this is probably a beginnersquestion.
I'm trying to get a simple HTML page on a webserver connect to a different server running node.js with ...
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how to save canvas data to file
i am using node.js to save canvas to image
img in writeFile is extractedby using toDataURL on my canvas element.
it doenot save file
here is my code
var fs = IMPORTS.require('fs');
var path = ...
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How to handle POST request in node.js
I'm trying to handle a post request being sent to my node.js server.
JavaScript file with a name server.js displays a form on the browser. I want access to the form values after they are posted to the ...
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Sharing websocket across browser tabs?
We want to have one socket per browser rather than one per tab in a browser. How can we achieve it? I read about shared web workers which was promising. A reference for that too is appreciated. ...
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Node.js - How to send data from html to express
this is form example in html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>CSS3 Contact Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="...
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Video streaming with HTML 5 via node.js
I'm trying to set up a web server that will support streaming video to an HTML5 video tag using node.js. Here's my code so far:
var range = request.headers.range;
var total = file.length;
var parts ...
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How to escape HTML in node.js EJS view?
I want to escape the html in bloglist[i].Text field. How to do that with EJS?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title><%= title %></title>
<link rel='...
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Streaming data with Node.js
I want to know if it is possible to stream data from the server to the client with Node.js. I want to post a single AJAX request to Node.js, then leave the connection open and continuously stream data ...
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How to set HTML lang attribute dynamically on NextJs Document?
I have a multi language site and need to set up the HTML lang attribute according the language for the each page.
I try to pass the value in context, but does not update when page changes.
Here the ...
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express: how to send html together with css using sendFile?
var app = require('express')();
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.sendFile(__dirname + "/" + "index.html");
});
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
I used the above Node.js ...
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Why cookies and set-cookie headers can't be set while making xmlhttprequest using setRequestHeader?
I was wondering why one cannot set cookie headers using setRequestHeader. Is there any specific reason or just that they are added by browser itself, so these headers are disabled? Is there any ...
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"Compile" CSS into HTML as inline styles
I am writing an e-mail HTML template, and some e-mail clients do not support <style> for specifying CSS. The only alternative for applying CSS is to use inline styles (style attribute). Is ...
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Passing a variable from node.js to html
I am trying to pass a variable from node.js to my HTML file.
app.get('/main', function(req, res) {
var name = 'hello';
res.render(__dirname + "/views/layouts/main.html", {name:name});
});
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Can I load a local html file with the cheerio package in node.js?
I have a few html files on my harddrive that I'd like to use jquery on to extract data from. Is this possible to do using cheerio? I've tried giving cheerio the local path but it doesn't work. One ...
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Browserify with require('fs')
I was trying to use browserify on a file that uses the fs object. When I browserify it, the call to require('fs') doesn't get transformed and require returns {}.
Is there any workaround for this? I'...
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Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/public/main.html' at Error (native)
This is my server.js file:
var express = require('express'),
app = express();
app
.use(express.static('./public'))
.get('*',function (req,res) {
res.sendfile('/public/main.html'...
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What will happen if sourcemap is set as false in Angular
I'm new in Angular. I saw sourcemap in tsconfig.json and by default it is "sourceMap": true. I had few doubts and found this link useful. Still I have the following doubt regarding the same.
I set "...
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Are there any module that works like django admin in Nodejs?
I am search an admin panel like django’s, why nodejs not have one? could you giveme links o a feedback of the benficts that use this kinds of admins. Is necesary by nodejs??
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Concatenating a variable + string in Jade file
I am passing in a session variable from my mongodb session store in an Express for Node.js web app like this:
exports.dashboard = function(req, res){
res.render('dashboard', {pref: req.session....
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How to call a server side function from client side (e.g. html button onclick) in Node.js?
I need a complete basic example in Node.js of calling a server-side function from (client side) html button onclick event, just like in ASP.NET and C#.
I am new to Node.js and using the Express ...
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Performant parsing of HTML pages with Node.js and XPath
I'm into some web scraping with Node.js. I'd like to use XPath as I can generate it semi-automatically with several sorts of GUI. The problem is that I cannot find a way to do this effectively.
jsdom ...
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" Could not send request " error in Postman Web version
I am using postman web version.
I sent request using POST on url = localhost:3000/students
But it is giving error :
Could not send request
Cloud Agent Error: Can not send requests to localhost. Select ...
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Connecting to remote SSH server (via Node.js/html5 console)
I have been scouring the face of the web looking to answer a question which I had thought would be simple. My goal is straight forward. I want to build out a simple web-based SSH client using Node.js ...
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JavaScript EventSource SSE not firing in browser
I have been developing a nodejs server to provide server-side-events for a new website I am developing in HTML5.
When I telnet to the server it works correctly, sending me the required HTTP response ...
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How can I use Nodejs with Windows 7? [closed]
I'm about to became insane looking for it, most of the examples shows only how to run it on linux terminal and just the communication with the server.
Can someone PLEASE explain to me how I can use ...
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