Ajax与node.js / jade

Question

I'm searching for a way to use ajax running on node.js, express and jade as template-engine without routing to subpages. I read this: Node, Express, Ajax, and Jade Example

But this doesn't work for me. I don't want to make a route to a partial part of page, so the user could access the partial page. I just want to serve a convertet jade file in a part of the website.

I think about something like this:

$( ".trigger" ).on( "click", function() {
    $( ".result" ).load( "ajax/test.jade" );
});

How could I do this without setting a route in node.js so the user could access the subpage without accessing the whole page.

Thank you for your answers.

Answer 1

(Still requires a route but) You could set up a route that only provides a valid response if it is an ajax request, and a 4xx if otherwise

app.get('/path', function(req, res) {
  if(req.xhr)
  {
    ...
  }
});

req.xhr Express docs.