Node.js - Create executable with PKG

Question

I have an application in node.js and now I'm trying to create a executable to run the application without all project files but I'm having problems when I try use pkg (https://github.com/zeit/pkg#detecting-assets-in-source-code).

In package.json I add this:

"pkg": {
"scripts": "public/js/*.js",
"assets": [
  "views/**/*"
],
"targets": "node6"

},

In console I run this command and I don't have any error in this process and create 3 platforms executable, pkg index.js --output

When I run the executable It starts with no errors and when I access to browser it returns me this error:

Error: Failed to lookup view "login" in views directory "/snapshot/Picking/views"
at EventEmitter.render (/snapshot/Picking/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:580:17)
at ServerResponse.render (/snapshot/Picking/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:1008:7)
at ServerResponse.app.use.res.render (/snapshot/Picking/index.js:0)
at index (/snapshot/Picking/controllers/loginController.js:0)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/snapshot/Picking/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at next (/snapshot/Picking/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13)
at Route.dispatch (/snapshot/Picking/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/snapshot/Picking/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at /snapshot/Picking/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:281:22
at Function.process_params (/snapshot/Picking/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)

In index.js I have this line to access views folder:

app.set("views", path.join(__dirname, 'views'));

How can I solve this situation?

Thank you

Answer 1

You set your assets path into "scripts", but you must set this path to "assets", like this:

"pkg": {
"assets": [
  "views/**/*",
  "public/js/*.js"
],
"targets": "node6"

because "scripts" for node.js files. And your app not found frontend js-files.

Answer 2

You can't use app.set("views", path.join(__dirname, 'views')); because pkg is placing your views in the snapshot directory, so your project won't find it.

You have to explicitly indicate where your views are when rendering:

res.render(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'views/index'));