multi-process-session

##multi-process-session

Support multi process session for express.

This module is a simple session manager for study purpose. Please don't use it in production environment.

##Get started

var cookieParser = require("cookieParser");
var express = require("express");
var app = express();
app.use(cookieParser());

var mps = require("multi-process-session");
app.use(mps());

app.get("/set-session", function(req, res){
    var key = req.query.key;
    var value = req.query.value;
    req.session.set(key, value);
    res.send(key + "=" + value);
});

app.get("/get-session", function(req, res){
    var key = req.query.key;
    res.send(req.session.get(key));
});

app.get("/clear-session", function(req, res){
    req.session.clear(function (err){
        if (!err) {
            res.send("session cleared");
        }
    });
});

##options

defaultOptions = {
    type: "cookie",
    expire: 604800, // seconds, default is 7 days
    secret: 'guess me if you can', // a secret for generate session id
    refresh: true, // refresh cookie expire date every time
    redisOptions: { // redis options is used to create reids client, check `redis` document to see detail
        host: '127.0.0.1',
        port: 6379
    }
};

var options = {};
var mps = require("multi-process-session");
app.use(mps(options));

##API

###Access session manager

request.session or response.session

###set(key, value)

session.set('foo', 'bar');

###get(key)

var val = session.get('key');

###clear

clear all key-value paired data.

###setGroupName(groupName)

Group name can used for group multiple sessions. It will be used to store all session ids together.

###clearGroupByName(groupName)

Clear all related sessions by the group name.

###License

MIT