Express.js session undefined. Redis - node.js

Question

Trying to get sessions set up with Redis. I have my Redis DB in a dokku container, linked to my app (also in a dokku container). I keep getting a session undefined.I've stripped things back to the bare minimum, also checked the order in which things are run. I still get an undefined.
I've read here 'session' is undefined when using express / redis for session store and Express js session undefined to no avail.
I shouldn't need to use cookie-parser, as expression-session has cookie stuff in it, and the docs say cookie-parser can cause problems with expression-session.
var express = require('express');
var session = require('express-session');
var redisStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var app = express();
app.set('port', (process.env.PORT || 5000));
var redisURL = 'redis://xxxxx:1234567#bar-redis-foo:6379';
var store = new redisStore({ url: redisURL });
app.use(session({
secret: 'ssshhhhh',
store: store,
saveUninitialized: true,
resave: true
}));
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // to support JSON-encoded bodies
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ // to support URL-encoded bodies
extended: true
}));
app.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
console.log(req.session); // Logs Undefined
res.send('Hello');
});

Answer 1

Check your redis connection and run again. Sample code is following line.
"use strict";
const express = require("express");
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
const session = require("express-session");
const RedisStore = require("connect-redis")(session);
const app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false}));
app.use(session({
secret: "$kx(Fj$uB!Ug!#jCkguFmc6f7t<c-e$9",
resave: false,
saveUninitialized: true,
store: new RedisStore({
url: "redis://:********#pub-redis-12766.eu-central-1-1.1.ec2.redislabs.com:12766",
ttl: 5 * 60 // 5 minute (Session store time)
})
}));
app.use(function (request, response, next) {
let path = request.originalUrl;
if (request.session.user) {
request.session.reload(function (err) { //session expire time regenerate
if (!err) {
next();
} else {
response.redirect('/login');
}
});
} else {
if (path == '/login') {
next();
} else {
response.redirect('/login');
}
}
});
app.get('/', function(request, response) {
if (request.session.user) {
response.send(request.session.user);
} else {
response.redirect("/login");
}
});
app.get('/login', function(request, response) {
if (request.session.user) {
response.redirect("/");
} else {
request.session.user = {username: "halil"}; //custom key {user} and custom data {username: "halil"}
}
response.send('Login');
});
app.get('/logout', function(request, response) {
if (request.session.user) {
request.session.destroy();
response.redirect("/login");
} else {
response.redirect("/login");
}
});
app.listen(app.get('port'), function () {
console.log('App is working on port: ' + app.get('port'));
});