Question

Does expressjs/nodejs have support (via a module?) for database sessions? I come from the world of PHP/CodeIgniter and I’ve enjoyed the features of storing session data in a mysql database table.

Is this approach used with nodejs web apps?

Answer 1

Yes.

Redis

• https://github.com/visionmedia/connect-redis

MySQL

• https://github.com/mren/connect-session-mysql Broken Link
• https://github.com/CarnegieLearning/connect-mysql-session Old, Unsupported
• https://github.com/chill117/express-mysql-session

PostgreSQL

• https://github.com/jebas/connect-pg

MongoDB

• https://github.com/kcbanner/connect-mongo
• https://github.com/bartt/connect-session-mongo
• https://github.com/donpark/session-mongoose
• https://github.com/masylum/connect-mongodb

Memcached

• https://github.com/balor/connect-memcached

CouchDB

• https://github.com/tdebarochez/connect-couchdb
• https://github.com/eldios/connect-cradle

Riak

• https://github.com/frank06/connect-riak

SQLite

• https://github.com/tnantoka/connect-sqlite
• https://github.com/pkrumins/supermarket-cart

File-based

• https://github.com/odogono/connect-session-file
• https://github.com/tnantoka/connect-fs

Kyoto-cabinet

• https://github.com/kazupon/connect-kyoto

Azure

• https://github.com/pofallon/connect-bluesky

nStore

• https://github.com/creationix/nstore-session

node-dirty

• https://github.com/mmichelli/connect-dirty

VOC (?)

• https://github.com/triAGENS/SessionVoc-Connect.js

It’s quite simple to implement your own, see documentation here.