NodeJS, getting username of logged in user within route
As far as I understand you are trying to pass your username to the preferably every file including your router file. What I do for this to use middleware in app.js to pass every page. Or you can simply implement passport implementation in the other page as well which could be useless i guess.
app.use(function(req,res,next){ res.locals.currentUser=req.user next()}Then, you can use use your currentUser in every page when you try to render.
I encountered the same issue, probably after following the same tutorials...I found that the function you need in the app.js is:
app.get('*', function(req, res,next){ res.locals.user = req.user || null; next();})it should be in the app.js already. Now, in all of the other page you should be able to use req.user.username