How can I access express "req" inside template?

[juanmaia]

I'm using ect with express. Is it possible to access req.session inside a template? <%- req.session.user %> or <%- @req.session.user %>

[igorkova]

I can't access ANY locals var inside template.

Ok, now I see: https://github.com/baryshev/ect/issues/34 so it's known issue apparently

[juanmaia]

@igorkova you just need to prefix all locals inside a template with @.

[yuri-karadzhov]

It's express question. You can access it trough locals:

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  res.locals.req = req;
  return  next();
});

But you probably do not need all req, so you can pass whatever you want. Look trough express issue if will have any troubles with session.