Express-Handlebars: Getting current URL query and passing query to a template?
So I figured it out. Pretty silly. I was defining a scope within my template so it only had access to info variables.
{{#info}} <h1>{{header}}</h1> ...{{/info}}The req variable sends a query field for me to use so I ended up not needing a helper function at all. You can look up more here all the way at the bottom.
app.get('/info', function(req, res) { //set context of handlebars res.render('info', { info : { header : "View Title" }, query : req.query }}Because of how Handlebars works, you can simply add a context to your render function. It will then be available.
The thing that was tripping me up was the scope though so in my handelbars template, I just simply turn the scope on and off.
{{#info}} <h1>{{header}}</h1> ...{{/info}} {{#if query.country}} <h2>Welcome to the {{query.country}}!</h2> {{else}} <h2>Welcome!</h2> {{/if}}{{#info}} ... continue{{/info}}Hope this helps.