hubot-handlebars.js

// Commands:
//   hubot handlebar me - example of how to use handlebars

const logger = require("winston");
const handlebars = require("handlebars");
const fs = require("fs");

module.exports = function(robot) {
    // this is the controller
    robot.respond(/handlebar me/i, function(message) {
        
        // this is me getting the view
        fs.readFile('./views/mytemplate.txt', 'utf-8', function(error, source) {
            var template = handlebars.compile(source);
            
            // this is me passing the model into the view
            var output = template({
            	line1: "this is line 1",
            	arr1: [
            		"this",
            		"is",
            		"an",
            		"array"
            	],
            	obj1: {
            		obj: "object within an object"
            	}
            });
            
            // this is me replying to the hubot command
            message.send(output);
        });
    });
};