This is my server code, please take a look at the comments in the code.
var app = express.createServer();
app.get('/', function(req, res){
// create a session with the value of an email for example: [email protected]
});
// down here I want to check the session if the session exist
if( there is a session with value [email protected]){
//do stuff
}
The way sessions are implemented in Connect / Express doesn't allow for a custom session ID. This is partly because of security. So there's a bunch of things you can do.
Store everything in the session. Create an index somewhere (perhaps in a database) that maps email addresses to session IDs, so you can look up sessions by email.
Store only the email in the session. Keep the actual session data elsewhere (perhaps in a database), where you can fetch it by email address.
Create your own session middleware, perhaps based off Connect's code. The actual session code in Connect is a mere 300 lines. But be very careful to keep security features intact.
