| 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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