How to pass variables to a view in Express?

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I am quite new to Express.js/Node.js and trying to pass multiple values from a route to a view so that I am able to show user specific input on the page. This is what I have in my route:

// Dashboard for site after the login
app.get('/dashboard', function(req, res) {
 res.render('dashboard.jade', {
  title: 'Dashboard',
  user: app.get('user_name')
 });
});

I have stored the user name in app.get('user_name'). If I replace it with a normal string like 'test string' than it works. But if I use this app.get function nothing is getting passed to the view.

Thanks

Eric · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-04 18:10:53Z

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Try using app.locals documented here: http://expressjs.com/api.html#app.locals

answered Jan 4, 2013 at 18:10

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dom Over a year ago

i tried using app.locals and then switched back using app.get / app.set somehow it was working after i have restarted nodemon ;-) but i agree most likely app.locals would be the better choice. thanks

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