Use Javascript variable in a pug file - Express

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I have this code:
app.get("/dashboard", (request, response) =>{});
And It loads a pug file. I was wondering if I can use my session variable, which you call like this request.session.whateverisinthesession, in it from my server.js file. If this is possible, it would be great if you could tell me how

Eddie

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I have not used Pug before but when you render the Pug file you can add an object with the data you want to be rendered in your Pug file.

app.get("/dashboard", (req, res) => {
   res.render('index', {
     session: req.session.somesession
   })
}

Then in your Pug file, you can use the session in the body or head by using session. See https://expressjs.com/en/guide/using-template-engines.html for more help.

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