express-session-id

An express middleware for session ID. Mainly Used for analytics session tracking.

Install

$ npm install --save express-session-id

Usage

import sessionId from 'express-session-id';
import express from 'express';
import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser';
 
const app = express();
app.use(cookieParser('my secret key'));
app.use(sessionId({
  idleTime: 10 * 1000 * 60, // 10 minutes
  cookie: {
    signed: true
  }
}))
 
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  console.log(req.sessionID);
  /*
    Rest of the code
  */
});

API

Table of Contents

• sessionId
  • Parameters

sessionId

This function return a session id middleware. The session id is placed at req.sessionID

Parameters

• options object (optional, default {})
  • options.idleTime number max idle time before destoying a session. env: SESSION_ID_IDLE_TIME (optional, default (30*1000*60))
  • options.name string Name of the cookie. env: SESSION_ID_NAME (optional, default s_id)
  • options.genId function function to generate id's. see uuid/v4 (optional, default uuid/v4)
  • options.cookie object config to pass to cookies. see cookie (optional, default {})

License

MIT © Daniel Reisel