apx-session

APX Session

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Summary

Session manager initializer for APX API server

Usage

Simply add the initializer to the Apx config.

$ npm install apx apx-session

var apx = require('apx')
apx.start({
  initializers: ['apx-session']
})

Security

This session manager does not provide any hijack protection. To use secured sessions the connection should be made via TLS/SSL which is the only true way to secure the connection.

Configuration

Key

• Parameter session.key
• Required no
• Default $sessionId

The key that denotes the session id.

Max Age

• Parameter session.maxAge
• Required no
• Default 0

The max age in seconds of the session after which the session will expire.

Storage

• Parameter session.storage
• Required no
• Default null

The storage parameter is passed to object-manage see the storage section there for more options.

Changelog

0.2.2

• Removed the $sessionId from the request after initial middleware
• Added test to confirm that blank sessionIds fail gracefully
• Added testing against bogus session ids

0.2.1

• Upgraded to APX 0.7.1

0.2.0

• Session ID added to response is now $sessionId
• Upgraded for APX 0.6

0.1.0

• Initial release