Accessing Express.js req or session from Jade template

Question

I am wondering if there is an easy way to access Express.js' req or session variables from within a Jade template without passing it in through the normal response.

Or is this the only way?

res.render('/', {     session: req.session }); 

Answer 1

Just add

app.use(express.cookieParser()); app.use(express.session({secret: '1234567890QWERTY'})); app.use(function(req,res,next){     res.locals.session = req.session;     next(); }); 

Before

app.use(app.router); 

and get your session in jade

p #{session}