Nodejs Passport display username

Question

In nodeJS I am using the passport module for authentication. I would like to show the username of the currently logged in user.

I tried the following code:

Answer 1

Helpers are not supported with Express v4.x

A good alternative is to create a middleware such as:

app.use((req, res, next) => {
    res.locals.user = req.user;
    next();
});

Then you can use the "user" variable in your views.