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Asked: 2026-06-11T18:34:27+00:00

In expressjs, Dustjs Multiple templates not working getting 500 Error: Template Not Found: template

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In expressjs, Dustjs Multiple templates not working getting 500 Error: Template Not Found: template

my base dust template as below (template.dust)

<div class="page">
  {+pageHeader}Hello World!{/pageHeader}
  <div class="bodyContent">
    {+bodyContent/}
  </div>
  <div class="footer">
    {+pageFooter}
       <hr>
       <a href="/contactUs">Contact Us</a>
    {/pageFooter}
  </div>
</div>

And I am trying to call this base template inside my home.dust I am getting error as below

Express
500 Error: Template Not Found: template
at Object.load (C:\office\nodejs-example\express_example\node_modules\application-name\node_modules\dust\lib\dust.js:54:27)
at Chunk.partial (C:\office\nodejs-example\express_example\node_modules\application-name\node_modules\dust\lib\dust.js:407:15)
at body_0 (undefined:1:130)
at Array.0 (C:\office\nodejs-example\express_example\node_modules\application-name\node_modules\dust\lib\dust.js:34:7)
at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:40)

“home.dust”

{>"template"/}
{<pageHeader}
   {?username}
     Welcome {username} <a href="/items">Items</a> | <a href='/logout'> Log Out</a>
      {:else}
         <form method="POST" action="/signin">
            <label>Usename <input type="text" name="username" id="s-user"></label>
            <input type="submit" class="submit" value="Login">
         </form>
      {/username}
{/pageHeader}

routes class method 

exports.home = function(req, res){
    res.render('home', {username :  req.session.username});

};
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  1. Editorial Team

    Use dustjs-linkedin package with consolidate package (dustjs package is no longer maintained). Both are on npm. You can use dust templates with a layout by doing the following:

    layout.dust

      <body>
    <h1>{title}</h1>
{+content}
This is the base content.
{/content}
  </body>

    index.dust (homepage partial)

    {>"views/layout.dust"/}
{<content}
This is loaded from a partial.
{/content}

    app.js

    var dust = require('dustjs-linkedin')
, cons = require('consolidate');

app.engine('dust', cons.dust);

    Full Example: https://github.com/chovy/express-template-demo

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