Print raw html strings on EJS

I'm using express.js with EJS templates and i'm trying to do something like this:

<%= "<a href='#'>Test</a>" %>

but it prints this:

<a href='#'>Test</a>

how can i print "html safe" strings?

You should use html code everywhere, and use the EJS tags only where you need dynamic data. Example:

<a href='<%= user.id %>'><%= user.name %</a>

To specifically answer your question you can use `<%- "<tags_here>" %>` to output **unescaped** HTML data.

for raw output html in ejs you can use this code

<%- "<a href='#'>Test</a>" %>

This are the available options according to the docs

1. <% 'Scriptlet' tag, for control-flow, no output
2. <%_ ‘Whitespace Slurping’ Scriptlet tag, strips all whitespace before it
3. <%= Outputs the value into the template (HTML escaped)
4. <%- Outputs the unescaped value into the template
5. <%# Comment tag, no execution, no output
6. <%% Outputs a literal '<%'
7. %> Plain ending tag
8. -%> Trim-mode ('newline slurp') tag, trims following newline
9. _%> ‘Whitespace Slurping’ ending tag, removes all whitespace after it

Looks like the option you need is the number 4