tmpl.render is not a function

[bjunc]

The code below throws the error: tmpl.render is not a function(…)

helloworld.nunj

Hello {{ person }}

app.js

var tmpl = require("./helloworld.nunj");

console.log("HelloWorld tmpl:", tmpl);
tmpl.render({person:"World"});

The output of tmpl is a function that looks like this:

function (ctx, cb) { return nunjucks.render("PATH_TO_NUNJ_FILE", ctx, cb); }

I can actually get the template to render, by treating it as a function:

var tmpl = require("./helloworld.nunj");
tmpl({person:"World"});

However, if I don't use nunjucksify, I can get the expected result:

var nunjucks = require('nunjucks');

var tmpl2 = new nunjucks.Template('Hello {{ person }}');
tmpl2.render({person:"World"});

Any thoughts?

[kevinboudot]

Same issue.

[bjunc]

@kevinboudot, I came across this error while evaluating Webpack vs Browserify. I ended up settling with Webpack (for lots of reasons), and the nunjucks-loader works great.

Not sure if that's an option for you, but I thought I'd share.

[sunrize531]

Well, it's clearly deliberate, just it breaks my code, and I'm not sure whether should I fix it, as it might be eventually considered as a bug, cause according to (massively outdated) documentation require should return Template object. I'd suggest taking asFunction parameter from transform options instead, and maybe set it to true by default, cause in most cases you need just that.

https://github.com/rotundasoftware/nunjucksify/blob/master/index.js#L41