CrossDB Session Storage for Connect

connect-caminte is a Cross DataBase session store for Connect backed by CaminteJS

Supported Databases

Installation

Installation is done using the Node Package Manager (npm). If you don't have npm installed on your system you can download it from npmjs.org To install connect-caminte:

$ npm install -g connect-caminte

Usage overview (for Express 3)

var express = require('express'),
CaminteStore = require('connect-caminte')(express),
app = express();

app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.session({
    cookie: {
        maxAge: 60000 // 1 min as example
    },
    secret: "Wild CaminteJS",
    store: new CaminteStore({
                                driver: 'sqlite3',
                                collection: 'mysession',
                                db: {
                                     database: "./db/data.db"
                                },
                                maxAge: 300000, // 3 min
                                clear_interval: 60 // 1 min
                            })
}));

app.get('/', function(req, res){
 var sess = req.session;
      if (sess.views) {
        res.send('<p>views: ' + sess.views + '</p>'
         + '<p>expires in: ' + (sess.cookie.maxAge / 1000) + 's</p>');
        sess.views++;
      } else {
        sess.views = 1;
        res.send('welcome to the session demo. refresh!');
      }
});

app.listen(3000);

Usage overview (for Express 4)

var express = require('express');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var session = require('express-session');
var CaminteStore = require('connect-caminte')(session);
var app = express();

app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(session({
    cookie: {
        maxAge: 60000 // 1 min as example
    },
    secret: "Wild CaminteJS",
    store: new CaminteStore({
                                driver: 'sqlite3',
                                collection: 'mysession',
                                db: {
                                     database: "./db/data.db"
                                },
                                maxAge: 300000, // 3 min
                                clear_interval: 60 // 1 min
                            })
}));

app.get('/', function(req, res){
 var sess = req.session;
      if (sess.views) {
        res.send('<p>views: ' + sess.views + '</p>'
         + '<p>expires in: ' + (sess.cookie.maxAge / 1000) + 's</p>');
        sess.views++;
      } else {
        sess.views = 1;
        res.send('welcome to the session demo. refresh!');
      }
});

app.listen(3000);

Options

• driver Database driver name
• collection Store collection to host sessions. 'session' by default.
• clear_interval sec. to check expired sessions to remove on db
• db
  • host server host
  • port server port
  • database database name (path to file for sqlite)
  • username database user
  • password database user password

In the Wild

The following projects use connect-caminte.

If you are using connect-caminte in a project, app, or module, get on the list below by getting in touch or submitting a pull request with changes to the README.

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Author

Aleksej Gordejev (aleksej@gordejev.lv).

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Aleksej Gordejev aleksej@gordejev.lv

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Resources

• Visit the author website.
• Follow @biggora on Twitter for updates.
• Report issues on the github issues page.