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Aug 6, 2012 · The accepted answer by @Vadim Baryshev is flawed in at least the most recent express-session implementations. When your app starts up you create the session implementation and set the max age. As for the answer using expires, that is not recommended, stick with maxAge.
Apr 6, 2011 · Destroys the session, removing req.session, will be re-generated next request. req.session.destroy(function(err) { // cannot access session here }) This does not mean that the current session will be re-loaded on the next request. It means that a clean empty session will be created in your session store on next request.
Currently the session is stored in a Redis store, i'm using express / connect to handle the session storage. One of the functions available which could be used to destroy the session is as follows:.destroy(sid, callback) However I need to find that session id before I call .destroy(). In Redis the username is stored as a part of the session.
Mar 19, 2019 · Here is a simple explanation: -. A user session can be stored in two main ways with cookies: on the server or on the client. express-session stores only a session identifier on the client within a cookie and stores the session data on the server, typically in a database. cookie-session stores the session data on the client within a cookie.
Mar 18, 2011 · express-session is a public package. An important feature of the Express session middleware is its support for user-generated session ids. This allows developer to deploy the middleware in an existing environment where session ids are generated by an existing entity which might reside on a completely different platform.
Aug 11, 2016 · 60. May be due to the package version, the answer @Vitalii Zurian provided does not work for me. If you want to extend session data on req.session and pass the TSC type checks, you should extend SessionData interface. E.g. User.ts: class User {. name: string = ''; email: string = ''; password: string = '';
How can I maintain my SESSIONS in Node.js? For example, I want to store UserID in SESSION using Node.js. How can I do that in Node.js? And can I use that Node.js SESSION in PHP too? I want the foll...
Jul 26, 2011 · in the end i'm using a bit of every answer that was given before: i switched from connect-mongodb to connect-mongo module
Apr 8, 2016 · As @hassansin says you need to use a middleware that implement session management. The passport.session() middleware is to connect the passport framework to the session management and do not implement session by itself. You can use the express-session middleware to implement session management. You need to modify your auth.js in the following way
Jun 29, 2017 · Thanks. I get this from time to time, seems to be an issue with npm missing some dependencies. Usually solved by removing node_modules/ and running npm install (or, possibly, npm install --force) try running the npm install again . I hope that will resolve the issue. I figured it out.
