How to end a session in ExpressJS

Question

I feel like this has to be buried somewhere in the documentation, but I can\'t find it.

How do you close or end or kill (whatever) a session in ExpressJS?

Answer 1

Session.destroy(callback)

Destroys the session and will unset the req.session property. Once complete, the callback will be invoked.

↓ Secure way ↓ ✅

req.session.destroy((err) => {
  res.redirect('/') // will always fire after session is destroyed
})

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↓ Unsecure way ↓ ❌

req.logout();
res.redirect('/') // can be called before logout is done