express-socket.io-session

express-socket.io-session

Share a cookie-based express-session middleware with socket.io (Experimental)

THIS MODULE IS EXPERIMENTAL. IT WORKS. BUT IT WON'T WORK AS EXPECTED YET BECAUSE I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM IT.

On every socket connection, you'll have socket.handshake.session pointing to the same req.session you would expect in any express app handler that uses the express-session middleware module.

##Installation

$ npm install express-socket.io-session

Usage

$ npm install express socket.io express-session 
$ npm install express-socket.io-session

index.js

var app = require('express')(),
  server  = require("http").createServer(app),
  io = require("socket.io")(server),
  session = require("express-session")({
    secret: "my-secret",
    resave: true,
    saveUninitialized: true
  }),
  sharedsession = require("express-socket.io-session");


// Attach session
app.use(session);

// Share session with io sockets

io.use(sharedsession(session));

server.listen(3000);

##License

MIT