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Pardoner
Pardoner

Reputation: 1111

How to pass data to every view in Express 3?

I was using dynamicHelpers to set some variables on every page in Express 2. Now that they're gone and I'm not sure how to do it. What is the best way to do something like this with Express 3?

app.js

app.dynamicHelpers( require('dynamicHelpers') )

dynamicHelpers.js

exports.user = function(req, res) {
    return req.user || {};
}

exports.message = function(req, res) {
    return req.flash.message || {};
}

in veiw.jade

h1= user.username

Upvotes: 6

Views: 8135

Answers (2)

supernova
supernova

Reputation: 3883

middleware example

var app = require('express')()
  , jade = require('jade')

app.set('views', __dirname + '/views')
app.set('view engine', 'jade')  

app.use(function(req,res,next){
  res.locals.user = { name : "test" }
  next()
})

app.get('*',function(req,res){
   res.render('index.jade')
})

app.listen('8001')

index.jade

!!! 5
html
  body
    div hello #{user.name}

to use req.flash try:

var app = require('express')()
  , jade = require('jade')

app.set('views', __dirname + '/views')
app.set('view engine', 'jade')

app.use(require('connect-flash')())

// Expose the flash function to the view layer
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
   res.locals.flash = req.flash.bind(req)
   next()
})


app.get('*',function(req,res){
   res.render('index.jade')
})

app.listen('8001')

updated my answer, haven't migrated to 3.0 yet, at https://github.com/visionmedia/express/wiki/Migrating-from-2.x-to-3.x under View options:

The "view options" setting is no longer necessary, app.locals are the local variables 
merged with res.render()'s, so app.locals.pretty = true is the same as passing 
res.render(view, { pretty: true }).

Upvotes: 10

Menztrual
Menztrual

Reputation: 41587

You would want some middleware like the following before your route calls:

app.use(function(req,res,next){
  res.locals.user = {username: 'test'};
  next();
});

Upvotes: 2

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