const app = express()
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true})).use(bodyParser.json())
app.use('/static', express.static('static'))
app.use(session({
name: 'thejs.session',
secret: randomize('aA0', 16),
resave: false,
saveUninitialized: false
}))
app.engine('ejs', function (filePath, options, callback) { // define the template engine
fs.readFile(filePath, (err, content) => {
if (err) return callback(new Error(err))
let compiled = lodash.template(content)
let rendered = compiled({...options})
return callback(null, rendered)
})
})
app.set('views', './views')
app.set('view engine', 'ejs')
app.all('/', (req, res) => {
let data = req.session.data || {language: [], category: []}
if (req.method == 'POST') {
data = lodash.merge(data, req.body)
req.session.data = data
}
res.render('index', {
language: data.language,
category: data.category
})
})