javascript - Access data from res.render on clientSide using Javascript

Question

My serverside code in Node.JS (using Express) is as follows

res.render('index', {
    startDateTime: startDateTime,
    endDateTime: endDateTime
});

I'd like to access startDateTime and endDateTime on the clientside using Javascript. I know I can access them using Jade by doing #{startDateTime} . Is there a similar approach for Javascript?

Answer 1

If I understood your question right, you're wanting to send those variables to an external .js file. If that's the problem, I've answered it right here, but I'm quoting it here:

[...] Two ways of solving this problem that we use in my company are:

1. Take advantage of the data attributes of HTML5.
   They're a great way to store some info, and jQuery can even retrieve them in the JS type you need!

2. Use <input type="hidden" /> fields.