Simple session middleware for Express
The express-session module is a simple session middleware for Express.
Questions tagged [express-session]
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What's the difference between saveUninitialized and resave?
The session middleware for Express provides several configurable options.
resave: 'Forces the session to be saved back to the session store, even if the session was never modified during the request.'
saveUninitialized: 'Forces a session that is…
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NodeJS redis connect session ID is regenerated when it should stay persisted
I tried to use the standard session persistance with Redis in NodeJS:
var express = require('express');
var RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express);
var app = module.exports = express.createServer();
//…
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Namespace 'Express' has no exported member 'SessionData'
I'm trying to build a typeScript project but it has an error and I do not know where it comes from and nothing has changed since last time.
node_modules/connect-mongo/src/types.d.ts:113:66 - error TS2694: Namespace 'Express' has no exported member…
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node express, how to clear cookie after log out
Basically i'm doing redirect from a.example.com to www.example.com and i expect to be able to delete cookies on www.example.com (because cookie is created with .example.com as the cookie domain), but following code doesn't work.
I know that this…
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express-session deprecated req.secret; provide secret option app.js:27:9
I typed npm start to run my program but this is the comment that U received in the terminal: express-session deprecated req.secret; provide secret option app.js:27:9. I don't understand how this issue needs to be fixed.
This is the code from…
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express-session secure: true
app.use(session({
secret: "testing credentials",
store: sessionStore,
resave: true,
saveUninitialized: true,
cookie : {
httpOnly: true,
//secure: true,
maxAge : 60 * 60 * 1000
}
}));
I'm working on…
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Local passport authorization on different ports
I have a node.js application running on port 5000, where I use passport.js as authorization. I authorize users from a post request, where I use a custom callback:
this.router.post('/member/login', (req, res, next) => {
…
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Error: Connection strategy not found MongoDB
here is a simple connection to use express session store, it keeps banging out this error even though the text is right from the book. I am pretty sure is has something to do with 'new MongoStore' object initialization.
var express =…
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How to extend express session timeout
I'm using express js 4 together with express-session
and set maxAge to one hour. However if user continues accessing the website, the timeout should be extended otherwise the user will be logged out even he/she is still using it.
app.use(session({
…
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Session auto logout after inactivity
Is there a built in feature in express session, to enable auto logout after given time of inactivity ? I am using it as below, and want it to logout if session is inactive for half an hour.
app.use(session({
key: 'sessid',
secret: 'This is…
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NodeJS: "ENOENT" warning messages with sessions
I'm using node with the express-session and session-file-store packages. The session data is stored as files in the root directory, using the session-file-store package. However, now my logs are being clogged because the message…
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Express-session is not setting cookies in browser
So I'm using express-session package to set cookie and session. It's also connected to my MongoDB store to store session. When user logs in, session gets stored in database just fine but there's no cookie in the browser. My app is running in…
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Proper configuration for Node session storage with Redis Cloud and Heroku
It is unclear what are the correct configuration parameters to use are in the situation of using Redis Cloud and Heroku, and can't find a functioning example online.
Here is my current code:
const express = require('express')
const session =…
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Node.js, ws and express-session : how to get session object from ws.upgradeReq
I have an application built on express, express-session and ws ( for the websocket support).
I have used this code to enable the session middleware:
app.use(session({secret: 'mysecret',resave: true,saveUninitialized: true,cookie: {}}));
And I can…
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Why express-session (SameSite atribute) isn't working on Chrome?
I am developing a web app with Express.js and React.js.
I am using express-session but it is not working.
This is how i am using it:
app.use(session({
store: new MongoStore({
mongooseConnection: mongoose.connection,
ttl: 365 * 24 * 60 *…
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