Using RedisStore in nodejs / expressjs - node.js

Question

I'm trying get access to session data in express so I thought I would try declaring a connect-redis session store when configuring express. However, I cannot see why this doesn't work:
var express = require('express');
var http = require('http');
var RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express);
var app = express();
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.session({ secret: "keyboard cat", store: new RedisStore }));
//app.use(express.session({ secret: "keyboard cat" }));
app.use(app.router);
app.get('/', function(req, res){
console.log('/');
req.session.items = [ 'apple', 'orange' ];
res.end('items configured');
});
app.get('/items', function(req, res){
console.log('/items: ', req.session.items);
var s = JSON.stringify(req.session.items);
res.end('items: ' + s);
});
var server = http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});
The '/' route simply configures items with the session.
The '/items' route displays the list of items in the session.
It works using the standard expressjs session store.
It doesn't work using connect-redis (req.session is undefined)
I'm assuming the redis store will be instantiated and destroyed as the app loads/unloads (or do I need it running outside of node/express app?)
Any ideas?

Answer 1

req.session will be undefined if RedisStore can't connect to your Redis server. So it's either not running, or it's not running on the default location that RedisStore is looking for it (127.0.0.1:6379).
In case of the latter, you can configure the location using the options argument to the RedisStore constructor.

Answer 2

Give this a try.
var express = require('express');
var redis = require("redis");
var session = require('express-session');
var redisStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var client = redis.createClient();
var app = express();
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
app.use(session({
secret: 'ssshhhhh',
// create new redis store.
store: new redisStore({ host: 'localhost', port: 6379, client: client,ttl : 260}),
saveUninitialized: false,
resave: false
}));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
app.get('/',function(req,res){
// create new session object.
if(req.session.key) {
// if email key is sent redirect.
res.redirect('/admin');
} else {
// else go to home page.
res.render('index.html');
}
});
app.post('/login',function(req,res){
// when user login set the key to redis.
req.session.key=req.body.email;
res.end('done');
});
app.get('/logout',function(req,res){
req.session.destroy(function(err){
if(err){
console.log(err);
} else {
res.redirect('/');
}
});
});
app.listen(3000,function(){
console.log("App Started on PORT 3000");
});
link : https://codeforgeek.com/2015/07/using-redis-to-handle-session-in-node-js/

Answer 3

You should invoke RedisStore constructor (with ())
app.use(express.session({ secret: "keyboard cat", store: new RedisStore()}));