Sometimes, we want to get Express to output nicely formatted HTML.

In this article, we’ll look at how to get Express to output nicely formatted HTML.

How to get Express to output nicely formatted HTML?

To get Express to output nicely formatted HTML, we set the app.locals.pretty option to true.

For instance, we write

if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
  app.locals.pretty = true;
}

to set app.locals.pretty to true when our Express app is run in the dev environment.

Conclusion

To get Express to output nicely formatted HTML, we set the app.locals.pretty option to true.