flash

The simplest flash implementation for Express.

Usage

npm i flash

app.use(session()); // session middleware
app.use(require('flash')());

app.use(function (req, res) {
  // flash a message
  req.flash('info', 'hello!');
  next();
})

for message in flash
  a.alert(class='alert-' + message.type)
    p= message.message

while message = flash.shift() // consume messages as jade reads them
  a.alert(class='alert-' + message.type)
    p= message.message

API

req.flash([type], msg)

Flash a message defaulting the type to info.

res.locals.flash

An array of flash messages of the form:

{
  "type": "info",
  "message": "message"
}