Sessions in Node JS

Question

How can I maintain my SESSIONS in Node JS ? E.g 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

Answer 1

To maintain a session is now older You should try with JWT token, It is very effective and easy. But still to maintain the session in Node js:

In your Express Config:

var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var session = require('express-session');

app.use(cookieParser());
    app.use(session({
        secret: 'secret',
        resave: true,
        saveUninitialized: true,
        rolling: true,
        cookie: {
            path: '/',
            maxAge: 60000 * 1000
        },
        name: 'SID'
    }));

Store session after Login:

var session = req.session;
    if (user) {
        session.user = user._id;
        session.save();
        console.log(session);
    }

Check Session from middleware:

var session = req.session;
            if (session.user) {
                req.userid = session.user;
                next();
            } else {
                return res.status(401).send({
                    code: 401,
                    message: Constant.authentication_fails
                });
            }

Hope you will get clear idea about session.