thanks, that is perfect!
yes, i wanted to populate an
array https://github.com/TZM/tzm-blade/blob/master/server.js to be used
in https://github.com/TZM/tzm-blade/blob/master/views/footer.blade#L20
On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 7:35:02 PM UTC+1, José F. Romaniello wrote:
>
> I am not sure what you are trying to do, but I suppose this chapters.json
> has an array of chapters.. and probabilly you are using this in one of your
> routes and if the file doesn't exist it probabily means for you an empty
> array.. So I am assuming a lot of things you haven't explained here, then
> this might work for you:
>
> try {
> app.set('chapters', require(__dirname + '/data/chapters.json'));
> } catch(e) {
> console.log('there is no /data/chapters.json');
> app.set('chapters', []);
> }
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2013/1/29 Norman Khine <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 7:12:45 PM UTC+1, Norman Khine wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 7:00:53 PM UTC+1, José F. Romaniello wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You can use
>>>> fs.existsSync<http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_existssync_path>but I
>>>> have read in this list several times it is discouraged, what happen
>>>> if the file is deleted from disk *after* you ask if it exists and *
>>>> before* you require it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> yes i changed to fs.existsSync
>>>
>>>> You will be better with a try/catch.
>>>>
>>>
>>> ok i understand, but how do i deal with the app.set('chapters',
>>> require(__dirname + '/data/chapters.json')); if the file is not there
>>> in the express route?
>>>
>>
>> ok i got it
>>
>> app.set('translation', require(__dirname +
>> '/public/locales/dev/translation.json'));
>> try {
>> app.set('chapters', require(__dirname + '/data/chapters.json'));
>> } catch(err) {
>> dumpError(err);
>> }
>>
>> something like this?
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/1/29 Norman Khine <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>> i have this code:
>>>>>
>>>>> var blade = require('blade')
>>>>> ,express = require('express')
>>>>> ,http = require('http')
>>>>> ,https = require('https')
>>>>> ,fs = require('fs'),json;
>>>>>
>>>>> var GOOGLE_API_KEY = process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY;
>>>>>
>>>>> var TABLE_ID = "**1epTUiUlv5NQK5x4sgdy1K47ACDTpH**H60hbng1qw";
>>>>> //var TABLE_ID ="**1obpi0bmSDILX1cIQcVRNi1lUkm2K5**xBFztmRFiM"
>>>>>
>>>>> var GOOGLE_PATH = "/fusiontables/v1/query?sql=**
>>>>> SELECT%20*%20FROM%20"+TABLE_**ID+"&key="+GOOGLE_API_KEY;
>>>>> var GOOGLE_DRIVE_PATH = "/drive/v2/files/"+TABLE_ID+"?**
>>>>> key="+GOOGLE_API_KEY;
>>>>>
>>>>> var options = {
>>>>> hostname: 'www.googleapis.com'
>>>>> ,port: 443
>>>>> ,method: 'GET'
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> function TZMNetwork(fileId) {
>>>>> if (fs.existsSync("data/chapters.**json")) {
>>>>> // ... put code if "data/chapters.json" has changed!
>>>>> console.log('OK');
>>>>> } else {
>>>>> options["path"] = GOOGLE_PATH;
>>>>>
>>>>> var file = fs.createWriteStream("data/**chapters.json");
>>>>> var req = https.request(options, function(res) {
>>>>> res.on('data', function(data) {
>>>>> file.write(data);
>>>>> }).on('end', function() {
>>>>> file.end();
>>>>> console.log("chapters.json created");
>>>>> });
>>>>> });
>>>>> req.end();
>>>>>
>>>>> req.on('error', function(e) {
>>>>> console.error(e);
>>>>> });
>>>>> }
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> var app = express();
>>>>> app.use(blade.middleware(__**dirname + '/views') ); //for client-side
>>>>> templates
>>>>> app.use(express.favicon(__**dirname + '/public/images/favicon.ico'))**
>>>>> ;
>>>>> app.use(express.static(__**dirname + '/public') ); //maybe we have
>>>>> some static files
>>>>> app.set('views', __dirname + '/views'); //tells Express where our
>>>>> views are stored
>>>>> app.set('translation', require(__dirname + '/public/locales/dev/**
>>>>> translation.json'));
>>>>> app.set('chapters', require(__dirname + '/data/chapters.json'));
>>>>> app.set('view engine', 'blade'); //Yes! Blade works with Express out
>>>>> of the box!
>>>>> app.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
>>>>> TZMNetwork(TABLE_ID);
>>>>> res.render('index');
>>>>> });
>>>>> app.listen(29080);
>>>>> console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:29080/');
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How would you ensure that if /data/chapters.json does not exists, for
>>>>> example when the app is run for the first time, the app.set('chapters',
>>>>> require(__dirname + '/data/chapters.json')); is by-passed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a better way to do this?
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