allow express to serve parsed tpls via res.render

public/src/templates.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	var config = {},
 		templates,
 		fs = null,
+		path = null,
 		available_templates = [],
 		parsed_variables = {},
 		apiXHR;
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@
 	};
 
 	try {
-		fs = require('fs');
+		fs = require('fs'),
+		path = require('path');
 	} catch (e) {}
 
 	templates.force_refresh = function (tpl) {
@@ -127,6 +129,27 @@
 		loadTemplates(templates_to_load || [], custom_templates || false);
 	}
 
+	templates.render = function(filename, options, fn) {
+		if ('function' === typeof options) {
+			fn = options, options = false;
+		}
+
+		var tpl = filename
+			.replace(path.join(__dirname + '/../templates/'), '')
+			.replace('.' + options.settings['view engine'], '');
+
+		if (!templates[tpl]) {
+			fs.readFile(filename, function (err, html) {
+				templates[tpl] = html.toString();
+				templates.prepare(templates[tpl]);
+
+				return fn(err, templates[tpl].parse(options));
+			});
+		} else {
+			return fn(null, templates[tpl].parse(options));
+		}
+	}
+
 	templates.getTemplateNameFromUrl = function (url) {
 		var parts = url.split('?')[0].split('/');
 
@@ -419,6 +442,8 @@
 		})(data, "", template);
 	}
 
+	module.exports.__express = module.exports.render;
+
 	if ('undefined' !== typeof window) {
 		window.templates = module.exports;
 		templates.init();

src/webserver.js

@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) {
 
 	// Middlewares
 	app.configure(function() {
+		app.engine('tpl', templates.__express);
+		app.set('view engine', 'tpl');
+		app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, '../public/templates'));
+
 		async.series([
 			function(next) {
 				// Pre-router middlewares