Options

Options list

Option	Description
cache	Compiled functions are cached, requires filename
filename	Used by cache to key caches, and for includes
root	Set project root for includes with an absolute path (e.g., /file.ejs). Can be an array to try to resolve include from multiple directories.
views	An array of paths to use when resolving includes with relative paths.
context	Function execution context
compileDebug	When false, no debug instrumentation is compiled
client	Returns standalone compiled function
delimiter	Character to use for inner delimiter, by default '%'
openDelimiter	Character to use for opening delimiter, by default '<'
closeDelimiter	Character to use for closing delimiter, by default '>'
debug	Outputs generated function body
strict	When set to `true`, generated function is in strict mode
_with	Whether or not to use with() {} constructs. If false, then the locals will be stored in the locals object. (Implies `--strict`)
localsName	Name to use for the object storing local variables when not using with Defaults to locals
rmWhitespace	Remove all safe-to-remove whitespace, including leading and trailing whitespace. It also enables a safer version of -%> line slurping for all scriptlet tags (it does not strip new lines of tags in the middle of a line).
escape	The escaping function used with <%= construct. It is used in rendering and is .toString()ed in the generation of client functions. (By default escapes XML).
outputFunctionName	Set to a string (e.g., 'echo' or 'print') for a function to print output inside scriptlet tags.
async	When true, EJS will use an async function for rendering. (Depends on async/await support in the JS runtime.

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