Node.js req.flash issues

[UgbeGodwinIkpe]

I'm having issues in returning messages with req.flash()
I'm trying to return a string message to the view instead it's flashing 1.
This is the short code:
return res.render('index', {
error_msg: req.flash('error_msg', 'Not found'),
success_msg: ''
})

[saifsweelam]

That's not how you're supposed to work with flash messages. You should either flash the message and retrieve it in separate operations or just pass the message directly to the render parameters.