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Matt Fletcher
Matt Fletcher

Reputation: 9220

Pass Node env to layout.jade in Express without explicitly defining route

So, I get passing parameters to Jade files- piece of pie:

app.use('/myroute', function (req, res) {
  res.render('myview', {somevar: 'Testing!'});
});

However- I have my layout.jade file that is implicitly read and rendered by Express, with no actual definition of route-view binding, and I'm trying to work out how to pass a variable into that template.

Any ideas? Cheers!

Ps- this is so that I can pass node's development/production variable to some front-end javascript that's being added on every page.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3606

Answers (2)

Anthony C
Anthony C

Reputation: 2157

You can also use #{settings.env} in the jade template, which get the value from app.locals.settings.env

Upvotes: 5

Matt Fletcher
Matt Fletcher

Reputation: 9220

Ah, I worked out the answer. Set it as a local variable in express, as mentioned here: Express.js View "globals"

So, in app.js I included app.locals.env = app.settings.env; and then in my layout.jade I added my javascript and simply used #{env} inside the script to get the environment value.

Upvotes: 9

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