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node.jssessionexpress
walid
walid

Reputation: 492

'session' is undefined' with express.js

i'm using express.session() in my express app so i've created a middleware for authentication user before sending them to '/' my code is :

var express = require('express');

app.configure(function(){
  app.use(express.cookieParser('keyboard cat'));
  app.use(express.session( {secret : "my secret"}));
  app.use(app.router);
});

var accessChecker= function(req,res,next){
    if (req.session.user.name && req.session.auth){
    next(); 
    }else{
    res.redirect('/login');
    }
   }
app.get('/',accessChecker(), routes.index);

When i run this code i get this message :

if (req.session.user.name && req.session.auth){
       ^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'session' of undefined

i've tried to put accessChecker function before app.configure and to use express.cookieParser() and express.session() inside acessChecker function but always i get the same message !

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1894

Answers (1)

David Weldon
David Weldon

Reputation: 64342

You are invoking the accessChecker function rather passing a pointer to the function. This will fix the problem:

app.get('/', accessChecker, routes.index);

For more examples see the documentation. I'd also suggest looking at passport if you want to do authentication.

Upvotes: 4

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