filestore with next session

[HosMercury]

how to use db or filestore as a session storage as memory is not suited for production.?

[hoangvvo]

next-session is compatible with any stores built for express-session with a wrapper. You can try https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-firestore-session

import nextSession from "next-session";
import { promisifyStore } from "next-session/lib/compat";
import {FirestoreStore} = from '@google-cloud/connect-firestore';

const firestoreStore = new FirestoreStore({
      dataset: new Firestore(),
      kind: 'express-sessions',
    })

const getSession = nextSession({
  store: promisifyStore(firestoreStore),
});

[HosMercury]

https://www.npmjs.com/package/session-file-store this is what I need

import nextSession from 'next-session';
import fileStore from 'session-file-store';
import { promisifyStore } from 'next-session/lib/compat';

export const getSession = nextSession({
  store: promisifyStore(fileStore)
});

It does not work also I tried connecting through prisma but no dice

import nextSession from 'next-session';
import { promisifyStore } from 'next-session/lib/compat';
import { PrismaSessionStore } from '@quixo3/prisma-session-store';
import prisma from '../lib/prisma';

const connectStore = new PrismaSessionStore(prisma, {
  checkPeriod: 2 * 60 * 1000,
  dbRecordIdIsSessionId: true,
  dbRecordIdFunction: undefined
});

const getSession = nextSession({
  store: promisifyStore(connectStore),
  cookie: {
    httpOnly: true,
    secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',
    maxAge: 2 * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60, // 2 weeks,
    path: '/',
    sameSite: 'strict'
  }
  // touchAfter: 1 * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 // 1 week
});

export default async function session(req, res, next) {
  await getSession(req, res);
  next();
}

So Either filesystem store or Prisma connection, anyone of them is a solution. although i prefer file store then pure pg then prisma

[hoangvvo]

What does not work for you when using filestore? Do you specify a path for it to use? Also, keep in mind that some deployment options (like Vercel) does not allow you to save files.

[HosMercury]

Ok thanx , so how to use barebone Postgres as a session datastore

[hoangvvo]

First you want to pick a session store. https://github.com/expressjs/session#compatible-session-stores is a good start. Then you want to take a look at this section: https://github.com/hoangvvo/next-session#compatibility-with-expressconnect-stores.

For example, let's use https://www.npmjs.com/package/connect-pg-simple.

import pg from 'pg';
import { expressSession } from "next-session/lib/compat";
import connectPgSimple from "connect-pg-simple";
const pgSession = connectPgSimple(expressSession);

const pgPool = new pg.Pool({
    // Insert pool options here
});

const getSession = nextSession({
  store: promisifyStore(new pgSession({
    pool : pgPool,
    tableName : 'user_sessions'
  }))
});
export default async function session(req, res, next) {
  await getSession(req, res);
  next();
}

If it does not work, let me know exactly what is the issue you are having (stack trace/behavior).

[HosMercury]

It does not work as session is undefined

[hoangvvo]

Could you post the stack trace?

[HosMercury]

`Server Error
TypeError: Cannot read property 'Store' of undefined

This error happened while generating the page. Any console logs will be displayed in the terminal window.
Source
(api)/lib/get-session.js (4:34) @ eval

  2 | import { promisifyStore } from 'next-session/lib/compat';
  3 | import connectPgSimple from 'connect-pg-simple';
> 4 | const pgSession = connectPgSimple(nextSession);
    |                                  ^
  5 | 
  6 | import pool from '../db/config';
  7 | `

[HosMercury]

`import nextSession from 'next-session';
import pgPool from '../db/config';

import { promisifyStore } from 'next-session/lib/compat';
import { expressSession } from 'next-session/lib/compat';

const pgSession = require('connect-pg-simple')(expressSession);

const connectStore = new pgSession({
  pool: pgPool,
  tableName: 'session'
});

export const getSession = nextSession({
  store: promisifyStore(connectStore),
  cookie: {
    maxAge: 432000
  }
});
` 

this works without errs but the db table always empty

[hoangvvo]

Did you follow the steps in https://github.com/voxpelli/node-connect-pg-simple#connect-pg-simple, in particular, creaing a session table with their schema?

I have tested next-session with mongodb and redis and they work so I wonder if the issue is with your local settings or the library.