I'm new to using Express and I'm interested in finding a way to increase the reusability of routes. In my application, I anticipate having numerous routes that can be handled by a common function but with different templates.
For example:
app.get('/about', function(req, res) {
res.render('about.html');
});
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.render('home.html');
});
While this is a simplified example, I actually have over 30 routes like this. What I would like to achieve is something along these lines:
app.get('/about', generic.render('about.html'));
Or find a way to pass the template name to a function that then uses res.render. Is this possible in Express? My attempts at solving this issue have all led to undefined variables.
I want to avoid tightly coupling route parameters with template names like this:
app.get('/:template', function(req, res) {
res.render(req.params.template + '.html');
});