factorize code and include partial .ejs

[bcharlier]

Description

Dear community.

I need to reuse a chunk of ejs code in several pages of a quarto website. It seems to be known as partial ejs files in the documentations. But I cannot be able to make it work despite some effort. Here is the setup:

I have a test.yml that reads :

- name: "FR"
  links:
    - name: "repo"
      link: "https://hal.science/"

- name: "US"
  links:
    - name: "repo"
      link: "https://arxiv.org/"

A test.ejs looping over the entries of the .yml and displaying the links... It reads

```{=html}
<% function renderLinks(links) { %>
  <% if (links && links.length > 0) { %>
      <% links.forEach(function(link) { %>
        <a href="<%- link.link %>"><%- link.name %></a>
      <% }); %>
  <% } %>
<% } %>

<div class="list">
    <% for (const item of items) { %>
        
            <div class="list-content">
                <b><%= item.name %>:</b>
                <% renderLinks(item.links); %>
            </div>   

    <% } %>
</div>
```  <%# nested ```, remove this comment  %>

And finally a index.qmdwith

---
title: Test Page

listing:
  contents: test.yml
  template: test.ejs
---

Rendering works like a charm.

But... question: If I want to split the .ejs in two files to reuse my function:

Let function.ejs be

<% function renderLinks(links) { %>
  <% if (links && links.length > 0) { %>
      <% links.forEach(function(link) { %>
        <a href="<%- link.link %>"><%- link.name %></a>
      <% }); %>
  <% } %>
<% } %>

and test.ejs be

<%- include("functions.ejs") %>

```{=html}
<div class="list">
    <% for (const item of items) { %>
        
            <div class="list-content">
                <b><%= item.name %>:</b>
                <% renderLinks(item.links); %>
            </div>   

    <% } %>
</div>
``` <%# nested ```, remove this comment  %>

got a ReferenceError: renderLinks is not defined ...

[mcanouil]

Could you provide a Git repository with all this? This would make it easier to use thus to help you.
Thanks.

[bcharlier]

yes. Nice remark.

https://github.com/bcharlier/quarto_partial