Express and ejs <%= to render a JSON

Question

In my index.ejs I have this code:

var current_user = <%= user %> 

In my node I have

app.get("/", function(req, res){     res.locals.user = req.user     res.render("index") }) 

However, on the page I obtain

var current_user = [object Object] 

and if I write

var current_user = <%= JSON.stringify(user) %> 

I obtain:

var current_user = {"__v":0,"_id":"50bc01938f164ee80b000001","agents":... 

Is there a way to pass a JSON that will be JS readable?

Answer 1

Oh that was easy, don't use <%=, use <%- instead. For example:

 <%- JSON.stringify(user) %> 

The first one will render in HTML, the second one will render variables (as they are, eval)