my localhost page shows error No default engine - ejs

Question

I was trying to run my app throw nodemon locally but the page keep loading and shows nothing
the list.ejs file
const express = require("express");
const bodyparser = require("body-parser");
const app = express();
app.set('view engine','ejs');
var day = "";
app.get("/",function(req,res){
var today = new Date();
if(today.getDay()===5 || today.getDay()===6){
day = "weekend";
} else {
day = "weekday";
}
app.render("list",{kindofday:day});
})
app.listen(5000,function(){
console.log("server is running on 5000");
})
error message :
Error: No default engine was specified and no extension was provided.
at new View (C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\view.js:61:11)
at Function.render (C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\application.js:570:12)
at C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\app.js:13:9
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5)
at next (C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:137:13)
at Route.dispatch (C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:112:3)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5)
at C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:281:22
at Function.process_params (C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:335:12)
at next (C:\Users\faisa\Web Development\toollist-v1\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:275:10)

Answer 1

you need to set the view directory
app.set("views", path.join(__dirname, "views"));
replace views with the name of your directory