sessionstore

Introduction

Sessionstore is a node.js module for multiple databases. It can be very useful if you work with express or connect.

Installation

$ npm install sessionstore

Usage

Connecting to in-memory

var sessionstore = require('sessionstore');

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.session({
    store: sessionstore.createSessionStore()
}));

Connecting to mongodb

var sessionstore = require('sessionstore');

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.session({
    store: sessionstore.createSessionStore({
        type: 'mongodb',
        host: 'localhost',         // optional
        port: 27017,               // optional
        dbName: 'sessionDb',       // optional
        collectionName: 'sessions',// optional
        timeout: 10000             // optional
    })
}));

Connecting to tingodb

var sessionstore = require('sessionstore');

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.session({
    store: sessionstore.createSessionStore({
        type: 'tingodb',
        dbPath: __dirname + '/',   // optional
        collectionName: 'sessions',// optional
        timeout: 10000             // optional
    })
}));

Connecting to couchdb

var sessionstore = require('sessionstore');

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.session({
    store: sessionstore.createSessionStore({
        type: 'couchdb',
        host: 'http://localhost',  // optional
        port: 5984,                // optional
        dbName: 'express-sessions',// optional
        collectionName: 'sessions',// optional
        timeout: 10000             // optional
    })
}));

Connecting to redis

var sessionstore = require('sessionstore');

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.session({
    store: sessionstore.createSessionStore({
        type: 'redis',
        host: 'localhost',         // optional
        port: 6379,                // optional
        prefix: 'sess',            // optional
        timeout: 10000             // optional
    })
}));

Connecting to memcached

var sessionstore = require('sessionstore');

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.session({
    store: sessionstore.createSessionStore({
        type: 'memcached',
        host: 'localhost',         // optional
        port: 11211,               // optional
        prefix: 'sess',            // optional
        retries: 2,                // optional
        failover: false,           // optional
        failoverTime: 60,          // optional
        timeout: 10000             // optional
    })
}));

Catch connect ad disconnect events

var ss = sessionstore.createSessionStore({ type: 'mongodb' }, function(err, ss) {
    console.log('hello from callback');
    // use store here...
    // app.use(express.session({
    //     store: ss
    // }));
});
ss.on('connect', function() {
    console.log('hello from event');
    // or here
    // app.use(express.session({
    //     store: ss
    // }));
});
ss.on('disconnect', function() {
    console.log('bye');
});

#Release notes

Database Support

Currently these databases are supported:

1. inmemory
2. mongodb ([node-mongodb-native] (https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native))
3. couchdb ([cradle] (https://github.com/cloudhead/cradle))
4. tingodb ([tingodb] (https://github.com/sergeyksv/tingodb))
5. redis ([redis] (https://github.com/mranney/node_redis))
6. memcached ([memjs] (https://github.com/alevy/memjs))
7. elasticsearch ([elasticsearch] (https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-js))

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Adriano Raiano

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