EJS can't find image in static public folder-CodePudding

I'm trying render a html template as a PDF using EJS, however the images are not appearing. My project structure:

 - public
   - images
       image.jpg
 - routes
     documentsRoute.js
 - services
     documentsService.js
 - views
     document-template.ejs
 server.js

I am setting the public folder as a static folder in my server.js like so:

...
const app = express()
app.use(express.static('public'))
...

In my template file I'm using this as my src for the image

<img src="images/image.jpg" alt="my_image">

I'm rendering the file from my document service like so:

ejs.renderFile('views/document-template.ejs', inputs, (err, data) => {
            if (err){
                throw err;
            }

            let options = {
                "format": "A4",
                "header": {
                    "height": "20mm"
                },
                "footer": {
                    "height": "20mm"
                }
            };

            pdf.create(data, options).toFile('test.pdf', (err, res) => {
                if(err){
                    throw err;
                }
            });
        })

The rest of the template is rendered correctly, just not the image, instead it shows the alt text. Does anyone know how I could fix this?

CodePudding user response：

You need to set the view directory correctly in your server file. So instead of app.use(express.static('public')) try

app.use(express.static( path.join(__dirname, './public')))

CodePudding user response：

it's rather pdf having trouble with the path. try using absolute path

add full path in the base property of pdf options:

let options = {
    "format": "A4",
    //...
    base: `${req.protocol}://${req.headers.host}`
};