Node.js req.user won't be global in res.locals.user

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I try to put my req.user value in the global variable for all views with

app.use(function(req, res, next){
    res.locals.user = req.user; // this line
    res.locals.success = req.flash('success');
    res.locals.error = req.flash('error');
    next();
});

but nothing works. I have to put it on every render() function. What did I do wrong?

Thank you for your help!

Define "nothing works." Do you get an exception/error or is `user` an empty object in your view or something else? — mscdex, Dec 18 '14 at 19:04
Does adding `console.dir(req.user);` right before `res.locals.user = req.user;` show an object in the console? — mscdex, Dec 18 '14 at 19:59
Ok, so then the problem is not with `res.locals`, but is instead with `req.user` not being set before that middleware function. — mscdex, Dec 19 '14 at 15:44
But it's set in the render() functions and the value is passed correctly like this: routes.login = function(req, res){ res.render('auth/login', { title: 'Log in', user: req.user }); }; — Mike Boutin, Dec 19 '14 at 16:08
`req.user` won't be set before `app.use(passport..)`..stuff, make sure the order is correct. — laggingreflex, Dec 22 '14 at 21:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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I'm not sure but I don't think you are using the req.flash correctly resulting in it returning undefined.

You should probably give it a second value.

Take a look at this post and see if you can figure it out: How to send flash messages in Express 4.0?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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