# Dynamic view data

If you want to use dynamic view data (i.e. using data from a database or data which is available in different views),
you can define those routes in here.
Like the `project/routes` directory, any file will be used, as long as it is a javascript file.
You can add data to the `res.locals` property which will be merged later with the pattern and request data.

The following code is an example of such a view data route:

```js
function getUser(req, res, next) {
  res.locals.user = {
    name: 'my name',
    email: 'me@test.com',
  };
  next();
}

module.exports = (app) => {
  app.route('/').all(getUser);
};
```

Now the called root view (or any pattern used within) can use the user properties for rendering userspecific content.