How to use cookieSession in express

Question

I'm trying to use the built in cookieSession object of connect, but I cannot get it to work properly with express.

I have this app:

var express = require('express');
var connect = require('connect');

var app = express.createServer();

app.configure(function() {
  app.use(express.logger());
  app.use(express.bodyParser());
  app.use(express.methodOverride());
  app.use(express.cookieParser('whatever'));
  app.use(connect.cookieSession({ cookie: { maxAge: 60 * 60 * 1000 }}));
});

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.render('root');
});

app.listen(3000);

I'm getting this error:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'connect.sess' of undefined
    at Object.cookieSession [as handle]

Any ideas?

Any special reason you're using connect.cookieSession instead of express.cookieSession? — Anders Bornholm, Apr 06 '13 at 09:27
@AndersBornholm the question is pretty old, it was probably not available at that point — mihai, May 03 '13 at 21:06

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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Sessions won't work unless you have these 3 in this order:

app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.cookieSession());
app.use(app.router);

Working like a charm after that.

see : https://stackoverflow.com/a/10239147/2454820

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Jun 17 '13 at 07:00

Patrice

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I'm getting Error: `secret` option required for cookie sessions – Maslow Aug 08 '13 at 15:19
Just add a secret: app.use(express.cookieSession({secret:'mysecret'})); – Sean Kenny Aug 21 '13 at 13:54
Remove the `app.use(app.router)` and it worked for me. (also had to had to add the secret) – Drew LeSueur Mar 19 '14 at 04:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '12 at 14:43

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What is the version of your connect module? The cookieSession middleware was first added in version 2.0.0. Run npm list|grep connect to make sure your connect version is at least 2.0.0 or higher.

answered Mar 29 '12 at 14:43

belltoy

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Express comes with connect 1.8.6, so yeah, that's probably why it's not working. Thanks – mihai Mar 30 '12 at 21:27
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Express 3 comes with connect 2.7. – UpTheCreek Feb 28 '13 at 14:39

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 03 '13 at 19:45

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I had this issue too. Turned out that everyauth was amongst the modules linking with connect 1.7.5, after npm remove everyauth, all the issues where gone.

answered May 03 '13 at 19:45

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How to use cookieSession in express

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