Accessing Express.js req or session from Jade template

Question

I am wondering if there is an easy way to access Express.js\' req or session variables from within a Jade template without passing it in through the normal response.

Answer 1

While there is always a way in javascript to escape the scope and crawl upwards, I really really really really really strongly encourage you to find another way.

Consider what you're asking: Can I have my view know about the guts of my controller?

Or what you're really asking: Can I have my view know about the guts of my runtime?

A view is supposed to take data and transform it into markup. That's IT. If you do anything else, you're doing it wrong. I don't care how "easy" it is. That's the point of an interface. To define exactly what is being passed, and to make it easy to replace one thing with another thing.