session-file-store

Session file store for Express and Connect. Also you can use it with Koa

Session file store is a provision for storing session data in the session file

Community

Compatibility

• Supports Express >= 4.x and Connect >= 1.4.0 through express-session
• Supports Node.js 0.10, 0.12 and io.js
• Indirectly supports Koa >=0.9.0 through express-session

Getting Started

Installation

$ npm install session-file-store

Running Tests

$ npm install
$ npm test

Options

• path The directory where the session files will be stored. Defaults to ./sessions
• ttl Session time to live in seconds. Defaults to 3600
• retries The number of retries to get session data from a session file. Defaults to 5
• factor The exponential factor to use for retry. Defaults to 1
• minTimeout The number of milliseconds before starting the first retry. Defaults to 50
• maxTimeout The maximum number of milliseconds between two retries. Defaults to 100
• reapInterval Interval to clear expired sessions in seconds or -1 if do not need. Defaults to 1 hour
• reapAsync use distinct worker process for removing stale sessions. Defaults to false
• reapSyncFallback reap stale sessions synchronously if can not do it asynchronously. Default to false
• logFn log messages. To filter logs check err for error type and message for more informations. Defaults to console.log
• expireCallback if provided it's called when a session expires with expireCallback(err, json). json contains cookie data and sessionId.
• fallbackSessionFn returns fallback session object after all failed retries. No defaults

Usage

Express or Connect integration

Due to express >= 4 changes, we need to pass express-session to the function session-file-store exports in order to extend session.Store:

var session = require('express-session');
var FileStore = require('session-file-store')(session);

app.use(session({
    store: new FileStore(options),
    secret: 'keyboard cat'
}));

Examples

You can found basic work app examples for express, connect and koa frameworks in examples folder.