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Knerd
Knerd

Reputation: 2002

Store data over the session

I am currently developing a node.js webapp, which can access a subversion server with a nice web UI.

To access the server I need authentication data. My first attempt was to store them with app.set('username', 'theo')and app.set('password', 'start'). Later I saw, that this is a very bad idea, because then, the authdata are going to be in the app settings until it restarts.

My question is now, how can I store data during a session over multiple requests using nodejs and express?

PS: A database is sadly no option...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 220

Answers (4)

Rahul_Dabhi
Rahul_Dabhi

Reputation: 730

You can also use redis for nodejs and predis package for php redis. It is very easy for you.

All the best..!!!

Upvotes: 1

Cacho Castaña
Cacho Castaña

Reputation: 21

You can also use REDIS to store the sessions, even if the express falls you will still have the sessions on REDIS and the users won't have to authenticate again.

Upvotes: 1

Rahul_Dabhi
Rahul_Dabhi

Reputation: 730

You may use "mamcached" for store your session information using nodejs. Thorough this you may help in integration with any web server session also.

Upvotes: 2

Knerd
Knerd

Reputation: 2002

Ok, I just oversaw it. The express module express-session was what I needed :)

This is my code now:

var session = require('express-session')
app.use(session({ secret: 'supersecret' }))

And when I need the session I jsut go with

req.session.username = 'theo'

Just if anybody has the same trouble like me :)

Upvotes: 2

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