CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

mongo connect npm

var express = require('express');
var session = require('express-session');
var MongoDBStore = require('connect-mongodb-session')(session);

var app = express();
var store = new MongoDBStore({
  uri: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/connect_mongodb_session_test',
  collection: 'mySessions'
});

// Catch errors
store.on('error', function(error) {
  console.log(error);
});

app.use(require('express-session')({
  secret: 'This is a secret',
  cookie: {
    maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 // 1 week
  },
  store: store,
  // Boilerplate options, see:
  // * https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#resave
  // * https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#saveuninitialized
  resave: true,
  saveUninitialized: true
}));

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.send('Hello ' + JSON.stringify(req.session));
});

server = app.listen(3000);