I'm new to NodeJS. I am developing a REST API and using express-session to deal with sessions. So, to get the session ID I'm using
var sessionID = req.sessionID
This sessionID is generated from the server side. So, when I scale up to two or more servers, this is a problem. For example, if one server shuts down and the request is redirected to another server (Assuming I have a load balancer), a new session ID is generated. So, is there a way to retrieve the session ID from the client side?
Good question! Session management can be challenging to get up and running with - especially since to get up and running with any sort of sophisticated session management in node you need a ton of different packages, each with their own set of docs. Here is an example of how you can set up session management with MongoDB:
'use strict';
var express = require('express'),
session = require('express-session'),
cookieParser = require('cookie-parser'),
mongoStore = require('connect-mongo')(session),
mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/someDB');
var app = express();
var secret = 'shhh';
app.use(session({
resave: true,
saveUninitialized: true,
secret: secret,
store: new mongoStore({
mongooseConnection: mongoose.connection,
collection: 'sessions' // default
})
}));
// ROUTES, ETC.
var port = 3000;
app.listen(port, function() {
console.log('listening on port ' + port + '.')
});
This configuration gives you access to req.sessionID
but now it should persists across app servers if the user's session cookie has not expired.
I hope this works!