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EJS syntax

Here's a short guide to EJS syntax. For more information, consult the official Handlebars documentation.

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When using EJS templating engine, all variables are available under one top-level variable named it. For example, to access context variable listed in the table below, you must write it.context.

Variables​

You refer to variables like this:

<%= it.variable_name %>

If the variable is an object with properties of its own, you can refer to them like so:

<%= it.person.firstName %>

Comments​

You can use EJS comments in your files. Commented out sections won't show up in the final rendered output.

<%# This comment will not show up in the output %>

If-conditions​

Here's an example of if-condition:

<% if (it.some_variable) { %>
  this will be included in the output
<% } %>

Iterating over collections​

This is how you iterate over a collection of items:

<% it.securityGroupIds.forEach(function(sg){ %>
<%= sg %>
<% }) %>

Escaping expressions​

If you don't want to process a EJS expression, you can escape it like so:

<%% this content is not processed %>