Using express session to share information across different routes - node.js

Question

I am wondering if anyone could help me please.
I have a react app that contains dialogflow (google's chatbot platform). I would like to share information in a user route to a dialogflow fulfillmentRoute using express-session. Here is my main server.js file. In the server.js I have declared an express-session
server.js
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const passport = require('passport');
const path = require('path');
var cors = require('cors')
const users = require('./routes/api/users');
const db = require('./config/keys').mongoURI;
require('./models/Users');
const app = express();
const session = require('express-session')
// Body parser middleware
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(cors());
require('./routes/fulfillmentRoutes')(app);
app.use(session({secret: 'ssshhhhh'}));
// Connect to MongoDB
mongoose
.connect(db)
.then(() => console.log('MongoDB Connected'))
.catch(err => console.log(err));
// Passport middleware
app.use(passport.initialize());
// Passport Config
require('./config/passport')(passport);
// Use Routes
app.use('/api/users', users);
// Server static assets if in production
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
// Set static folder
app.use(express.static('client/build'));
app.get('*', (req, res) => {
res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, 'client', 'build', 'index.html'));
});
}
const port = process.env.PORT || 5000;
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Server running on port ${port}`));
In the user.js route file, I then have this to save an email into a session variable;
user.js
router.post(
'/',
passport.authenticate('jwt', { session: false }),
(req, res) => {
sess = req.session;
var emails = req.user.email;
sess.emails;
res.json({ msg: 'Users Works' })
res.json({
id: req.user.id,
firstname: req.user.firstname,
lastname: req.user.lastname,
email: req.user.email,
week: req.user.week,
age: req.user.age
});
}
);
In my dialogflow fullfillment route file, I have the following;
fulfillmentRoutes.js
const {WebhookClient, Payload, Card} = require('dialogflow-fulfillment');
const express = require('express');
const chatbot = require('../chatbot/chatbot');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const passport = require('passport');
const keys = require('../config/keys');
const sourceFile = require('./api/users.js');
const User = require('../models/User');
module.exports = app => {
var router = express.Router();
app.post('/api/df_text_query', async (req, res) => {
let responses = await chatbot.textQuery(req.body.text, req.body.userID, req.body.parameters);
res.send(responses[0].queryResult);
});
app.post('/api/df_event_query', async (req, res) => {
let responses = await chatbot.eventQuery(req.body.event, req.body.userID, req.body.parameters);
res.send(responses[0].queryResult);
});
app.post('/', async (req, res) => {
const agent = new WebhookClient({ request: req, response: res });
async function welcome(agent) {
let user = await User.findOne({'email': sess.emails});
if (user !== null ) {
responseText = `${sess.emails}`;
}
agent.add(responseText);
}
let intentMap = new Map();
intentMap.set('Default Welcome Intent', welcome);
agent.handleRequest(intentMap);
});
return router;
}
In the welcome async function in fulfillment.js route, I use sess.emails that was declared in the user.js routes file. However the variable comes back undefined. Any guidance or help will be appreciated please.
Thanks

Answer 1

In your user.js, sess.emails; is not being assigned any variable.
Can you try replacing it sess.emails = emails; and check if the emails field is undefined?