connect-dynamodb's Introduction

Connect DynamoDB

connect-dynamodb is a DynamoDB session store backed by dynode

Installation

  $ npm install connect-dynamodb

Options

client An existing dynode client object you normally get from new (dynode.Client)({accessKeyId: "AWSAccessKey", secretAccessKey: "SecretAccessKey"});
table DynamoDB server session table name
accessKeyId AWS accessKeyId
secretAccessKey AWS secretAccessKey
prefix Key prefix defaulting to "sess"
reapInterval How often expired sessions should be cleaned up

Usage

var connect = require('connect')
 	  , DynamoDBStore = require('connect-dynamodb')(connect);
 	  
var store = new DynamoDBStore({
  // Name of the table you would like to use for sessions.
  table: 'myapp-sessions',

  // AWSAccessKey
  accessKeyId: 'AWSAccessKey',
  
  // AWS secretAccessKey
  secretAccessKey: 'SecretAccessKey',
  
  // Optional. How often expired sessions should be cleaned up.
  // Defaults to 600000 (10 minutes).
  reapInterval: 600000
});

var server = connect.createServer();
server.use(connect.session({secret: 'YourSecretKey', store: store });

Or with express

var store = new DynamoDBStore({
  // Name of the table you would like to use for sessions.
  table: 'myapp-sessions',

  // AWSAccessKey
  accessKeyId: 'AWSAccessKey',
  
  // AWS secretAccessKey
  secretAccessKey: 'SecretAccessKey'
});

var app = express.createServer(
	  express.cookieParser()
	, express.session({ secret: 'YourSecretKey', store: store)
  );

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