Node - Express - Session not working? - node.js

Question

So I'm stuck as to why this isn't working. Whenever I use the cookie for maxAge, it just doesn't allow me to login. It redirects me to /, so the callback is working but the session data is lost for some reason. Can anybody assist me?
Thanks in advance.
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var express = require('express');
var routes = require('./routes');
var login = require('./routes/login');
var register = require('./routes/register');
var http = require('http');
var path = require('path');
var MongoClient = require('mongodb');
var passport = require('passport');
var LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy;
var app = express();
// all environments
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3001);
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.favicon());
app.use(express.logger('dev'));
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.session({
secret: '1234567890QWERT',
cookie: {maxAge: 30}
}));
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
app.use(app.router);
var dbc;
var User;
MongoClient.connect('mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/redacted', function(err, db) {
dbc = db;
User = dbc.collection('users');
});
passport.use(new LocalStrategy(
function(username, password, done) {
User.findOne({ email: username }, function(err, user) {
if (password == user.password) {
console.log("Login success!");
// Allows us to keep a log of when the user logs in in:
// user['loggedin'][]
// db.users.update({email: ""}, { $push : {loggedin: new Date()} } )
if(!err) done(null, user );
}
else done(err, null)
});
}
));
passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {
done(null, {
id: user["_id"],
name: user["name"],
email: user["email"],
registered: user["registered"],
password: user["password"]
});
});
passport.deserializeUser(function(id, done) {
console.log(id);
User.find({_id: id._id}, function(err, user) {
done(err, user);
});
});
// development only
if ('development' == app.get('env')) {
app.use(express.errorHandler());
}
app.get('/', routes.index);
// User stuff
app.get('/login', login.get);
app.post('/login',
passport.authenticate('local', { successRedirect: '/',
failureRedirect: '/login?m=fail'
})
);
app.get('/register', register.get);
app.post('/register', register.post);
app.get('/logout', function(req, res){
req.logout();
res.redirect('/');
});
http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});

Answer 1

Your session cookie is set to last 30ms.
Per Express documentation, maxAge sets the expiration date of the cookie in ms.
Change cookie: {maxAge: 30} to something like cookie: {maxAge: 24*60*60*1000} for a longer-lasting session cookie.