How to precompiling Templates Inside NodeJS using .handlebars file

[namleasia]

From the document:

let template = "Handlebars <b>{{doesWhat}}</b> precompiled!";
let Handlebars = require("handlebars");
let compiled = Handlebars.precompile(template);
console.log(compiled);

The template is a string.
How to use a .handlebars file instead of string?

[jaylinski]

You can read a file via fs, see https://nodejs.org/en/knowledge/file-system/how-to-read-files-in-nodejs/.

[namleasia]

Thank you, but is there handlebars way to do that?

[jaylinski]

There isn't as far as I know:

handlebars.js/lib/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js

Lines 486 to 495 in c295ef0

	export function precompile(input, options, env) {
	if (
	input == null ||
	(typeof input !== 'string' && input.type !== 'Program')
	) {
	throw new Exception(
	'You must pass a string or Handlebars AST to Handlebars.precompile. You passed ' +
	input
	);
	}