I'm trying to get client-sessions to work without using express but I'm not sure if I'm porting the example correctly.
var sessionOptions = { cookieName: 'mySession',
secret: 'blargadeeblargblarg',
duration: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
activeDuration: 1000 * 60 * 5 };
var session = new SESSION(request, response, {}, sessionOptions);
When I run this client-sessions complains
cannot set up sessions without a secret or encryptionKey/signatureKey pair
Does client-sessions need express to work?
From https://github.com/mozilla/node-client-sessions:
client-sessions is connect middleware
So while it might not need express, it needs connect to work as per the docs.
The specific error though, is because you aren't using the library correctly. You need to configure a session before using it.
var sessions = require("client-sessions");
var session = sessions({
cookieName: 'mySession',
secret: 'blargadeeblargblarg',
duration: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
activeDuration: 1000 * 60 * 5
});
// then inside route handler..
session(req, res, function(){ console.log('done!'); });
