Finding current url inside EJS view when using express

Question

I\'m using Express and EJS to serve pages. I\'m using Bootstrap for the UI, specifically the navbar.

I\'d like to add an \'active\' class to the current

Answer 1

index.js

/* object menu */
const menu = [
    {
        name: 'Home',
        url: '/'
    },
    {
        name: 'About',
        url: '/about'
    }
]

/* route */
app.get( '/', function( request, response) {

    let data = {
        title: 'Home',
        url: request.url,
        menu: menu
    }

    response.render( 'home', data )

} )

app.get( '/about', function( request, response) {

    let data = {
        title: 'About',
        url: request.url,
        menu: menu
    }

    response.render( 'about', data )

} )

menu.js

    <% for ( let i in menu ) { %> // loop menu
        <% if ( menu[i].url == url ) { %> // match, add active in class

            <%= menu[i].name %>

        <% } else { %>

            <%= menu[i].name %>

        <% } %>
    <% } %>