Connect

Cookie Session:

Cookie session middleware.

 var app = connect();
 app.use(connect.cookieParser());
 app.use(connect.cookieSession({ secret: 'tobo!', cookie: { maxAge: 60 * 60 * 1000 }}));

Options:

key cookie name defaulting to connect.sess
secret prevents cookie tampering
cookie session cookie settings, defaulting to { path: '/', httpOnly: true, maxAge: null }
proxy trust the reverse proxy when setting secure cookies (via "x-forwarded-proto")

Clearing sessions:

To clear the session simply set its value to null,
cookieSession() will then respond with a 1970 Set-Cookie.

req.session = null;

If you are interested in more sophisticated solutions,
you may be interested in:

client-sessions

Object options
returns Function

Source

module.exports = function cookieSession(options){
  // TODO: utilize Session/Cookie to unify API
  options = options || {};
  var key = options.key || 'connect.sess'
    , trustProxy = options.proxy;

  return function cookieSession(req, res, next) {

    // req.secret is for backwards compatibility
    var secret = options.secret || req.secret;
    if (!secret) throw new Error('`secret` option required for cookie sessions');

    // default session
    req.session = {};
    var cookie = req.session.cookie = new Cookie(options.cookie);

    // pathname mismatch
    var originalPath = url.parse(req.originalUrl).pathname;
    if (0 != originalPath.indexOf(cookie.path)) return next();

    // cookieParser secret
    if (!options.secret && req.secret) {
      req.session = req.signedCookies[key] || {};
      req.session.cookie = cookie;
    } else {
      // TODO: refactor
      var rawCookie = req.cookies[key];
      if (rawCookie) {
        var unsigned = utils.parseSignedCookie(rawCookie, secret);
        if (unsigned) {
          var originalHash = crc32.signed(unsigned);
          req.session = utils.parseJSONCookie(unsigned) || {};
          req.session.cookie = cookie;
        }
      }
    }

    res.on('header', function(){
      // removed
      if (!req.session) {
        debug('clear session');
        cookie.expires = new Date(0);
        res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', cookie.serialize(key, ''));
        return;
      }

      delete req.session.cookie;

      // check security
      var proto = (req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] || '').toLowerCase()
        , tls = req.connection.encrypted || (trustProxy && 'https' == proto.split(/\s*,\s*/)[0]);

      // only send secure cookies via https
      if (cookie.secure && !tls) return debug('not secured');

      // serialize
      debug('serializing %j', req.session);
      var val = 'j:' + JSON.stringify(req.session);

      // compare hashes, no need to set-cookie if unchanged
      if (originalHash == crc32.signed(val)) return debug('unmodified session');

      // set-cookie
      val = 's:' + signature.sign(val, secret);
      val = cookie.serialize(key, val);
      debug('set-cookie %j', cookie);
      res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', val);
    });

    next();
  };
};