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@gristlabs/connect-sqlite3
Advanced tools
connect-sqlite3 is a SQLite3 session store modeled after the TJ's connect-redis store.
$ npm install connect-sqlite3
table='sessions'
Database table namedb='sessionsDB'
Database file name (defaults to table name)dir='.'
Directory to save '.db' fileconcurrentDB='false'
Enables WAL mode (defaults to false) var connect = require('connect'),
SQLiteStore = require('connect-sqlite3')(connect);
connect.createServer(
connect.cookieParser(),
connect.session({ store: new SQLiteStore, secret: 'your secret' })
);
with express
3.x:
var SQLiteStore = require('connect-sqlite3')(express);
4.x:
var session = require('express-session');
var SQLiteStore = require('connect-sqlite3')(session);
app.configure(function() {
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(session({
store: new SQLiteStore,
secret: 'your secret',
cookie: { maxAge: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 } // 1 week
}));
app.use(app.router);
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});
$ npm test
FAQs
SQLite3 session store for Connect
The npm package @gristlabs/connect-sqlite3 receives a total of 854 weekly downloads. As such, @gristlabs/connect-sqlite3 popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @gristlabs/connect-sqlite3 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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