express-tiny-session

API

View counter example:

var express = require('express')
var session = require('express-tiny-session')
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser')

var app = express();
var secret = 'my_secret';
app.use(cookieParser(secret))

app.use(session({
  secret:secret,
  signed:true
}))

app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  var n = req.session.views || 0
  req.session.views = ++n
  res.end(n + ' views')
})

app.listen(3000)

Options

• name - The cookie name. Defaults to express:sess.
• secret - A string which will be used to signing cookie

Cookie Options

The options can also contain any of the follow:

• maxAge: a number representing the milliseconds from Date.now() for expiry
• expires: a Date object indicating the cookie's expiration date (expires at the end of session by default).
• path: a string indicating the path of the cookie (/ by default).
• domain: a string indicating the domain of the cookie (no default).
• secure: a boolean indicating whether the cookie is only to be sent over HTTPS (false by default for HTTP, true by default for HTTPS).
• secureProxy: a boolean indicating whether the cookie is only to be sent over HTTPS (use this if you handle SSL not in your node process).
• httpOnly: a boolean indicating whether the cookie is only to be sent over HTTP(S), and not made available to client JavaScript (true by default).
• signed: a boolean indicating whether the cookie is to be signed (false by default).