How to share Session across multiple route JS files in ExpressJS - node.js

Question

First of all, I am using:
express-session#1.14.2
express#4.14.0
I am basically trying to get a login system working and when user logs in, I set session.isloggedin = true.
So this is my app.js
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var session = require('express-session');
var index = require('./routes/index');
var portfolioRoute = require('./routes/portfolio');
var app = express();
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'pug');
// CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) headers to support Cross-site HTTP requests
app.all('*', function(req, res, next) {
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "X-Requested-With");
next();
});
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(session({
secret: 'keyboard cat',
resave: false,
saveUninitialized: true,
cookie: { secure: true,
maxAge: new Date(Date.now() + 2 * 60 * 1000) }
}));
app.use('/', index);
app.use('/portfolio', portfolioRoute);
// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
// error handler
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
// set locals, only providing error in development
res.locals.message = err.message;
res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};
// render the error page
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error');
});
module.exports = app;
The index.html contains the login form.
Next, my index.js
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var util = require('util');
var api = require('../server/api.js');
var port = require('../server/portfolio.js');
var sess;
/* GET home page. */
router.get('/', function (req, res) {
sess = req.session;
console.log("SESSION IS: " + sess.isLoggedIn);
if(sess.isLoggedIn) {
res.render('portfolio', { isLoggedIn: true })
} else {
res.render('index', { isLoggedIn: false })
}
})
//END ------------
if(global.GLB_PORTFOLIO === null) {
port.getPortfolio(null, function(err, result) {
global.GLB_PORTFOLIO = result;
});
}
// API Routes
//router.use('/api', router);
router.route('/api/login')
.post(api.postLogin)
router.route('/api/portfolio')
.post(api.postPortfolio)
.get(api.getPortfolio)
//END ------------
module.exports = router;
Next, my api.js:
var util = require('util');
const backend = require('./portfolio.js');
exports.postPortfolio = function(req,res) {
backend.insertPortFolio(req.body, function(err, result) {
res.json({ result: result, error:err });
});
}
exports.getPortfolio = function(req,res) {
backend.getPortfolio(req, function(err, result) {
global.GLB_PORTFOLIO = result;
res.json({ portfolio: result, error: err });
});
}
exports.postLogin = function(req,res) {
backend.findUserByEmail(req.body.email, function(err, result) {
console.log("API: SESSION IS: " + req.session.isLoggedIn);
if(err || result === null) {
req.session.isLoggedIn = false;
} else {
req.session.isLoggedIn = true;
}
req.session.save();
res.json({ user: result, error: err });
});
}
The session variable is always undefined even after the save(). What am I doing wrong?