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Databases

Authenticating a form w/out pug?

Hey everyone, I'm on the express/MonogoDB video course right now and have a form already created with HTML for a separate project. Does anybody know how I would apply the routing methods used in this vid to HTML? Thanks!

3 Answers

Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
46,160 Points

I can't see which video are refering to. Please provide links!

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/creating-a-registration-form-with-pug-jade-2 If I dont want to convert my files to pug how would I use the html/css that I already have? currently, I am getting an: No default engine was specified and no extension was provided. Thanks!

Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
46,160 Points

At the first glance, it looks like the form is rendered by express, using the pug file.

Rendering occurs when there is no actual html, but some sort of other file which are able to create html. So if you want to use your plain html, you'll need to find another method which is not rendering but simply using the HTML file. I'm pretty confident that you'll find the solution in the Express.JS documentation.