How To Have A Unique Url For Every User

New code for routes.js and login.ejs: `module.exports = function(app, passport) { // ===================================== // HOME PAGE (with login links) ======== //

Solution 1:

app.get('/profile', isLoggedIn, function (req, res) {
// store userId on login into session or any global variable 
var userId = req.session.userId
   res.redirect('/profile/'+userId) 
}); // =>directs to http://localhost:8080/profile for every signup.

Create new route with addition param

app.get('/profile/:id', function (req, res) {
 var id = req.params.id
 res.render('./pages/profile.ejs', {user: id});  
})

Solution 2:

You should use request parameters. With express you can do the following:

app.get('/profile/:id', isLoggedIn, function (req, res) {
    var id = req.params.id;
    //do with id whatever you want
    res.render('./pages/profile.ejs', {user: req.user}); 
});

In your isLoggedIn middleware you will have something like this:

function(req, res, next) {
    if (isLoggedIn) { //check if the user is logged in
        req.user = user; //fetch the user from the DB or wherever you have it
    }
}

In your view you will use the user's id to build the url:

<a href="/profile/<%=user.id%>"><%=user.name%></a>