# Pastebin beI4EKcU app.get('/', function (req, res, next) { // this is normally in some other file - // just here for this example if (!req.user) { // next(false) doesn't do what I'd like... return next(false); } }, function (req, res) { res.send('All good'); }); app.get('/', function (req, res) { res.send('There is no user'); });