express-session, read vars on socket.io interaction - node.js

Question

I am making a chat for customers of a web page, with express.js, and socket.io, and I'm trying to manage sessions with express-session, my problem is, how do I read the session values on the socket.
Here's part of my code.
Thanks for the help :)
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var http = require('http').Server(app);
var io = require('socket.io')(http);
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var session = require('express-session');
var shortid = require('shortid');
app.use(express.static('public'));
app.use( session({
secret: 'dont move',
resave: true,
saveUninitialized: true
})
);
app.use( bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }) );
app.post('/chat', function(req, res){
var sess = req.session;
sess.ssid = shortid.generate();
res.render('chat', { name: "name" });
});
io.on('connection', function(socket){
socket.on('chat message', function( data ){
if( data.msg.trim() != '' ){
console.log('message: ' + data.msg);
//Here I want to read the ssid session var, so I can manage many chats at the same time
}
});
socket.on('disconnect', function(){
console.log('Hey, someone disconected!');
});
});
http.listen(3000, function(){
console.log('listening on *:3000');
});

Answer 1

You can configure socket authorization
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var http = require('http').Server(app);
var io = require('socket.io')(http);
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var session = require('express-session');
var shortid = require('shortid');
app.use(express.static('public'));
app.use( session({
secret: 'dont move',
resave: true,
saveUninitialized: true
})
);
app.use( bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }) );
app.post('/chat', function(req, res){
var sess = req.session;
sess.ssid = shortid.generate();
res.render('chat', { name: "name" });
});
var util = require('util';
var connect = require('connect');
var parseSignedCookie = connect.utils.parseSignedCookie;
io.configure(function () {
io.set('authorization', function (data, callback) {
if(data.headers.cookie) {
data.cookie = cookie.parse(data.headers.cookie);
data.sessionId = parseSignedCookie(data.cookie['ssid'], 'dont move');
}
callback(null, true);
});
io.on('connection', function(socket) {
var sessionId = socket.handshake.sessionId;
socket.on('chat message', function( data ){
if( data.msg.trim() != '' ){
console.log('message: ' + data.msg);
// NOW YOU CAN USE `sessionId`
}
});
socket.on('disconnect', function(){
console.log('Hey, someone disconected!');
});
});
});
http.listen(3000, function(){
console.log('listening on *:3000');
});