loopback redis based sessions - node.js

Question

first i would like to say that i have already seen questions regarding related issues but did not find the answer.
I want to use redis for session in loopback, but req is not available in code.
server/server.js
var redis = require("redis");
var session = require('express-session');
var redisStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
var client = redis.createClient();
var app = module.exports = loopback();
app.use(session({
secret: '0`3VTw;hQ|3/`:95ZYu{0J82O>{}7JC/',
// create new redis store.
store: new redisStore({ host: 'localhost', port: 6379, client: client,ttl : 260}),
saveUninitialized: false,
resave: false
}));
I want to implement Redis Based express sessions on loopback application but i cant find the way to do it without writing the whole route controller myself.
I am currently extending the model and creating a remoteMethod() but i cannot access "req" in anyway.
this is my TrmptUsers Model code (see line 3)
common/models/trmpt-users.js
module.exports = function(TrmptUsers) {
TrmptUsers.login = function(username, password, cb) {
console.log(TrmptUsers.app.session); //i want access to req variable to work with redis here.
var ursalt = security.gen_salt(username);
password = security.decrypt256(password, ursalt);
TrmptUsers.findOne({fields:{usrPwd:true,usrAccessToken:true},where:{and:[{usr_username:username}]}},function(err,result){
security.verifyPassword(password, result.usrPwd, function(err, verify) {
if (verify) {
User.generateVerificationToken(username, cb)
cb(null,result.usrAccessToken);
}
else {
cb({status:401,message:"Invalid Username/Password"},null);
}
});
});
}
TrmptUsers.remoteMethod(
'login',
{
accepts: [
{arg: 'username', type: 'string', required: 'true'},
{arg: 'password', type: 'string', required: 'true'},
],
returns: {arg: 'accesstoken', type: 'string'}
}
);
};

Answer 1

I found a solution to all my problems above a long time ago, since someone up-voted it i think they might want an answer so I am posting one here.
server/server.js
var redis = require("redis");
var session = require('express-session');
var redisStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
app.use(session({
secret: 'hello',
store: new redisStore({ host: 'localhost', port: 6379, client: client,ttl : 3600}),//1 hour
saveUninitialized: false,
resave: false
}));
then when you create your models slc:loopback model you get an option to add req object to your parameters.
model-specific.json
...
"methods": {
"userLogin": {
"isStatic": true,
"accepts": [
{
"arg": "req",
"type": "object",
"required": true,
"description": "",
"http": {
"source": "req"
}
},
{
"arg": "username",
"type": "string",
"required": true,
"description": "Username"
},
{
"arg": "password",
"type": "string",
"required": true,
"description": "Password"
}
],
"returns": [
{
"arg": "accessToken",
"type": "string",
"root": false,
"description": ""
}
],
...
Then just use req.session in any way you want and remember to install redis-server first.