express dom rendered object

routes/item.js
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/* GET items listing */
    router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
        Item.find({}, function(err, item) {
            if (err) {
                return console.log(err);
            }
            res.render('item/index', item);
        }).select('item_id item_name');
    });

views/item/index.hbs
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<div class="table-responsive no-padding" id="itemList">
   <table class="table table-hover table-striped">
       <thead>
           <th>No.</th>
           <th>Item ID</th>
           <th>Item Name</th>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
             <!-- populate table here -->
       </tbody>
   </table>

   <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/global.js"></script>
</div>

public/javascripts/global.js
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// DOM Ready =================
$(document).ready(function() {
    // Populate table on initial page load
    populateTable();
});

function populateTable() {
    $.ajax({
        url: '/item',
        type: 'GET',
        success: function (item) {
            console.log(item);
        }
    });
}