seeding repo with express extension that adds layout cability for ejs

index.js

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+var layout = function(res, data, blocks, callback){
+
+	var blockNames = Object.keys(blocks);
+	if(blockNames.length==0){
+		callback(data);
+	}
+	else{
+		var blockName = blockNames[0];
+		var block = blocks[blockName];
+		delete blocks[blockName];
+
+		if(block.block==undefined || typeof block.block != "string"){
+			throw "Block "+blockName+" must have a block attribute of type string";
+		}
+
+		var rd = block.data;
+		if(rd==undefined){
+			rd = {};
+		}
+
+		res.render(block.block, rd, function(err, html){
+			if(err){
+				throw err;
+			}
+
+			data[blockName] = html;
+			layout(res, data, blocks, callback);
+		});
+
+	}
+}
+
+module.exports.express = function(req, res, next){
+
+
+	res.layout = function(layout_file, data, blocks, callback){
+		console.log(Object.keys(this));
+		if(data==undefined){
+			res.render(layout_file);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if(blocks==undefined){
+			res.render(layout_file, data);
+			return;
+		}
+		else if(typeof blocks == "function"){
+			res.render(layout_file, data, blocks);
+			return;
+		}
+		else if(typeof blocks == "object"){
+			layout(res, data, blocks, function(new_data){
+				if(callback==undefined){
+					res.render(layout_file, new_data);
+				}
+				else{
+					res.render(layout_file, new_data, callback);
+				}
+			});
+		}
+		else {
+			throw "Invalid Block Type";
+		}
+	}
+
+	next();
+}

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "ejs-layouts",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "author": "Matthew Chase Whittemore <mcwhittemore@gmail.com>",
+  "description": "add layout options for ejs to frameworks",
+  "main": "index",
+  "contributors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Matthew Chase Whittemore",
+      "email": "mcwhittemore@gmail.com"
+    }
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": ""
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "ejs",
+    "layout",
+    "layouts",
+    "express",
+    "blocks"
+  ]
+}