TypeError : string is not a function?

Question

hello guys I am new to node js

i am trying to run following code

var express = require('express'),
    app = express(),
    cons = require('consolidate'); // Templating library adapter for Express

    app.engine('html', cons.swig);
    app.set('view engine', 'html');
    app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');

    app.get('/', function(req, res){
        res.render('hello', { name : 'World' });
    });

    app.get('*', function(req, res){
        res.send('Page Not Found', 404);
    });

    app.listen(8080);
    console.log('Express server started on port 8080');

then error comes

TypeError: string is not a function at EventEmitter.render (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\application.js:569:12) at ServerResponse.render (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\response.js:961:7) at C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\test_coso.js:10:6 at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5) at next (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:131:13) at Route.dispatch (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:112:3) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5) at C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:277:22 at Function.process_params (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:330:12) at next (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:271:10) at expressInit (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\middleware\init.js:33:5) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5) at trim_prefix (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:312:13) at C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:280:7 at Function.process_params (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:330:12) at next (C:\Users\YAm\Desktop\mongodb\work\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:271:10)

have you installed all the dependencies like expressjs and consolidate? — Rudra
It looks like your call to res.render() is being served by the Express implementation which expects res.render(view [, locals] [, callback]). My guess it that either your templating/view engine is not properly installed or initialized or you are not using it correctly. — jfriend00

Rudra Rudra · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-09T08:40:42

Just check out the documentation for express res.render(). I think there is a problem with your syntax.

// send the rendered view to the client
res.render('index');

// if a callback is specified, the rendered HTML string has to be sent explicitly
res.render('index', function(err, html) {
  res.send(html);
});

// pass a local variable to the view
res.render('user', { name: 'Tobi' }, function(err, html) {
  // ...
});

TypeError : string is not a function?

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