express route conditional response

gistfile1.js

app.get('/users', function(req, res){
  if (req.xhr) {
    // respond with the each user in the collection
    // passed to the "user" view
    res.partial('user', users);
  } else {
    // respond with layout, and users page
    // which internally does partial('user', users)
    // along with other UI
    res.render('users', { users: users });
  }
});

how could this be accomplished in express 3.0?

you would rely on features of the template engine you're using, and passing an additional local variable. ex maybe res.render('users', { users: users, partial: req.xhr }) and then do what you need to in the template, or simply render a "user" template and have "users" utilize that

yep, that works :) thank you for the quick response! coulda thought of that myself, though...