multi-process-session

##multi-process-session

Support multi process session for express.


This module is a simple session manager for study purpose. Please don't use it in production environment.

##Get started

var cookieParser = require("cookieParser");
var express = require("express");
var app = express();
app.use(cookieParser());

var mps = require("multi-process-session");
app.use(mps());

app.get("/set-session", function(req, res){
var key = req.query.key;
var value = req.query.value;
req.session.set(key, value);
res.send(key + "=" + value);
});

app.get("/get-session", function(req, res){
var key = req.query.key;
res.send(req.session.get(key));
});

app.get("/clear-session", function(req, res){
req.session.clear(function (err){
if (!err) {
res.send("session cleared");
}
});
});

##options

defaultOptions = {
type: "cookie",
expire: 604800, // seconds, default is 7 days
secret: 'guess me if you can', // a secret for generate session id
refresh: true, // refresh cookie expire date every time
redisOptions: { // redis options is used to create reids client, check redis document to see detail
host: '127.0.0.1',
port: 6379
}
};

var options = {};
var mps = require("multi-process-session");
app.use(mps(options));

##API

###Access session manager

request.session or response.session

###set(key, value)

session.set('foo', 'bar');

###get(key)

var val = session.get('key');

###clear

clear all key-value paired data.

###setGroupName(groupName)

Group name can used for group multiple sessions. It will be used to store all session ids together.

###clearGroupByName(groupName)

Clear all related sessions by the group name.

###License

MIT