connect-redis and express-session results in req.session undefined connect-redis and express-session results in req.session undefined express express

connect-redis and express-session results in req.session undefined


You probably have some connection errors, but connect-redis does not output them to console (see connect-redis source code). To see them you can create a separate module that creates a client instance and pass it to RedisStore constructor:

// redisClient.jsvar redis = require('redis');var redisClient = redis.createClient('localhost', 6379); // replace with your configredisClient.on('error', function(err) {     console.log('Redis error: ' + err);}); module.exports = redisClient;

Redis client emits also other event that may be helpful in debugging - see node-redis docs

// your codevar redisClient = require('./redisClient.js`);(...)app.use(session({     store: new RedisStore({         client: redisClient    }),    secret: config.secret,     saveUninitialized: true,    resave: false }));