Debug variable with EJS

Question

I would like to set a global variable in EJS to show/hide some elements. I would like to be able to set this variable once and have it propogate through all the views. What is the best way to do this?

The other parts of my stack are node.js/express/ejs.

Added code for Vadim:

@index = (req, res) ->
    res.render 'index',
    view: 'index'
    gloabals: app.locals    // is there a way to have this line for all controllers?

Vadim Baryshev · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-05 22:35:44Z

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You can use express app.locals.

var app = express();
app.locals.someFlag = true;

answered Dec 5, 2012 at 22:35

Vadim Baryshev

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Alexis Over a year ago

is there a way to add this to all the controllers so all the ejs templates will get the variables. I edited the question above to give some more context.

Vadim Baryshev Over a year ago

app.locals is global for application. This data should be provided to all your templates. You don't need set in in some controller. It need to be set globally on app level.

Alexis Over a year ago

one more thing... Do you know how I can pass in an app.locals variable to a connect-assets compiled file. Eg. get a variable into js('file.coffee')

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