Re-render with EJS (node and express)

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Hey guys…
Question:
Im making a random quote gen using node/express
Im using EJS to render dynamically.
The quotes are coming from an NPM module
All goes well with the exception that the only way to get a new quote is by restarting the server.
I’ve tried all I could with that button and it simply won’t work unless the server is restarted. How can I accomplish that? (PS: I assume something equivalent to useState from React is the issue Im running into here… not sure.)
Thanks in Advance.

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You would need to show some code, because

This means you are doing something wrong. However it isn’t possible to say what without showing what you have done.

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// Requires:
const express = require("express");
const quote = require("inspirational-quotes");
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");

// Usages:
const app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(express.static("public"));
let randomQuote = "";
let randomAuthor = "";

// EJS
app.set("view engine", "ejs");

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  randomQuote = quote.getQuote().text;
  randomAuthor = quote.getQuote().author;
  res.render("index.ejs", {
    randomQuote: randomQuote,
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This seems to be missing half the code for that file, and also the code for the HTML (ie the EJS file you’ve written)