connect-redis is a Redis session store backed by node_redis, and is insanely fast :). Requires redis >= 1.3.10
for the SETEX command.
connect-redis >= 1.0.0
support only connect >= 1.0.0
.
$ npm install connect-redis
host
Redis server hostnameport
Redis server portnodb
Database index to usepass
Password for Redis authentication- ... Remaining options passed to the redis
createClient()
method.
Due to npm 1.x changes, we now need to pass connect to the function connect-redis
exports in order to extend connect.session.Store
:
var connect = require('connect')
, RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(connect);
connect.createServer(
connect.cookieParser(),
// 5 minutes
connect.session({ store: new RedisStore, secret: 'keyboard cat' })
);
This means express users may do the following, since express.session.Store
points to the connect.session.Store
function:
var RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express);