How to pass variable from app.js to routes/index.js?

Question

I\'m using shrinkroute https://npmjs.org/package/shrinkroute to make links in nodejs. I get error 500 ReferenceError: shrinkr is not defined

How to pass shrinkroute

Answer 1

A bit late to the party, but the following works as well:

app.js

var my_var = 'your variable';

var route = require('./routes/index')(my_var);
app.get('/', route);

and meanwhile in route.js

var express = require('express')
,   router = express.Router()

// Router functions here, as normal; each of these
// run only on requests to the server

router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
    res.status(200).end('Howdy');
});


module.exports = function(my_var){

    // do as you wish
    // this runs in background, not on each
    // request

    return router;
}