Update logged in user details in session

Question

I am using PassportJS with ExpressJS.

I need to update the logged in user details. While I do update this in the DB, how do I update it in the session too so that re

Answer 1

I've been hunting down an answer for this too. Never mentioned in any docs or tutorials!

What seems to work is, after saving your newly updated user, do req.login(user)...

// "user" is the user with newly updated info
user.save(function(err) {
    if (err) return next(err)
    // What's happening in passport's session? Check a specific field...
    console.log("Before relogin: "+req.session.passport.user.changedField)

    req.login(user, function(err) {
        if (err) return next(err)

        console.log("After relogin: "+req.session.passport.user.changedField)
        res.send(200)
    })
})

The clue was here... https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/issues/208

Answer 2

I had similar problem today and decided to share my findings, since i couldn't find similar answer.

The problem was that (copied from passport documentation) i was getting the user data directly from the token, that the user sent in the request. Which was of course outdated.

passport.use(new JWTStrategy({
    jwtFromRequest: ExtractJWT.fromAuthHeaderAsBearerToken(),
    secretOrKey   : CONFIG.JWT_SECRET
  },
  function (jwtPayload, cb) {
    return cb(null, jwtPayload);
  }
));

while i should get the fresh user object from the database instead:

return User.findById(jwtPayload.id)
  .then(user => {
    return cb(null, user);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    return cb(err);
  });

Answer 3

User.findById(req.user._id,function(err,doc){
        req.logIn(doc,function(err1){

                if(err1){ console.log("Error : "+err1) }
                              else{
                                    res.render("abc.ejs",{user:req.user});
                                    console.log('Item Removed Successfully!!!');
                              }

                        });
                  });

Here we are re-login the user
User => Mongoose Model