Handling session variables in view file in sails.js

Question

I am trying to use a session variable in my view file. My controller code is like this

User.find()
.where({ username: username })
.where({ password: password })
.exec(function(err, users) {
  if(users.length == 1){
    req.session.user_detail = users; 
    res.redirect('/member');
  }else{
    console.log(err);  
  }
});

I want to use the req.session.user_detail in my member.ejs file.

http://sailsjs.org/#!documentation/views – bredikhin Jan 31 '14 at 14:58 — bredikhin, Jan 31 '14 at 14:58

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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For the record, in case someone stumbles onto this question instead of this one, req.session is indeed available by default in your Sails views. So you can just do

<%= JSON.stringify(req.session.user_detail) %>

in your view; there's no need to pass it explicitly in res.locals. You can also loop through the users with:

<%  req.session.user_detail.forEach(function(user_detail) { %>
<%=   JSON.stringify(user_detail) %>
<%  }) %>

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Mar 08 '14 at 20:17

sgress454

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Your reply was helpful but it just displays [object][object]. I used <%= JSON.stringify(req.session.user_details) %> and it worked. – Nakarmi Mar 09 '14 at 05:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '14 at 01:32

I myself am new to nodejs/sailjs but from what I understand, req.session is not exposed to the views. The way I have been passing data from the session to the views is as follows:

res.locals.user_detail= _.clone(req.session.user_detail);

You can then access res.locals.user_detail from within your view. I do not know if this is the right way to do it, but this is what I have been using and has worked for me. I hope this helps you.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 18:23

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Just try accessing like that

session.user_detail

answered Feb 28 '14 at 18:23

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Handling session variables in view file in sails.js

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