I'm still new to Express, so please bear with me.
What I'm trying to do is store some of my environmental variables in a global variable such that they can be accessed in any route without having to redeclare the variables within each route.
Note that I used the Express Generator to set up the project scaffolding.
Here's a stripped-down example of what I'm trying to do:
App.js
const express = require('express');
// Load Routes
const inventoryRouter = require('./src/routes/inventory');
// Instantiate Express/Assign App Var
const app = express();
// Set Global Env Vars
app.set('DevUrl', process.env.Dev_URL || null);
// Use Routes
app.use('/inventory', inventoryRouter);
module.exports = app;
Inventory.js
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
// Require Inventory Controller
const inventoryController = require('../controllers/inventoryController');
// Inventory Routes
router.get('/', inventoryController.get_inventory);
router.post('/', inventoryController.update_inventory);
module.exports = router;
InventoryController.js
const router = express.Router();
// Store Vars
const LocalRouteVariable = app.get('DevUrl') + 'Some String';
// Rest of Controller Code ...
Question "app" is not defined in the controller. So, my question is, how can I get the value of "DevUrl"?