CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jsmongodbsessionexpress
user2400026
user2400026

Reputation:

Node + express session data

I'm working with this boilderplate https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter, which is using express-session, mongostore, for user session management.

The node document created for each session looks like this:

{
    "_id": "QDKVO5GM6GrNYd0SlQyTgJsx",
    "session": "{\"cookie\":{\"originalMaxAge\":null,\"expires\":null,\"httpOnly\":true,\"path\":\"/\"},\"passport\":{\"user\":\"535e005c02d3c0ed79463583\"},\"_csrfSecret\":\"MqLJJ8qZLSk5/w==\",\"returnTo\":\"/\",\"flash\":{}}",
    "expires": {
    "$date": "2014-05-12T08:27:04.696Z"
    }
}

Is there a way that I can add data to each session? The goal here is to use the session data to store products in a cart.

Thanks,

Upvotes: 1

Views: 821

Answers (2)

mscdex
mscdex

Reputation: 106736

Just attach objects/values to your req.session object and they will be saved at the end of the response.

Upvotes: 0

JuJoDi
JuJoDi

Reputation: 14975

You can add properties, and therefore data, to the session variable in the same way that you can to any Javascript object.

If you're using express-session then you have access to the req.session variable so you can store a data object using

req.session.data = data;

and it will be available as long as the session remains alive.

Upvotes: 1

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