How to send flash messages in Express 4.0?

Question

So my web application requires authentication, and I have a signup page where if the person tries to sign up with an email that is already in the database, I want to show th

Answer 1

In my case if i put the message display part in another EJS file and import it in my layout, i get the success and error both displayed initially without any text since the pager just loaded

_message.ejs

<% if(success_msg) { %>
    

        <%= success_msg %>
    
<% } %>

<% if(error_msg) { %>
    

        <%= error_msg %>
    
<% } %>