# connect-mongo

  MongoDB session store for Connect

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## Installation

connect-mongo supports only connect `>= 1.0.3`.

via npm:

    $ npm install connect-mongo

## Options

  - `db` Database name OR fully instantiated node-mongo-native object
  - `collection` Collection (optional, default: `sessions`) 
  - `host` MongoDB server hostname (optional, default: `127.0.0.1`)
  - `port` MongoDB server port (optional, default: `27017`)
  - `username` Username (optional)
  - `password` Password (optional)
  - `auto_reconnect` This is passed directly to the MongoDB `Server` constructor as the auto_reconnect
                     option (optional, default: false).
  - `ssl` Use SSL to connect to MongoDB (optional, default: false).
  - `url` Connection url of the form: `mongodb://user:pass@host:port/database/collection`.
          If provided, information in the URL takes priority over the other options.
  - `mongoose_connection` in the form: `someMongooseDb.connections[0]` to use an existing mongoose connection. (optional)
  - `stringify` If true, connect-mongo will serialize sessions using `JSON.stringify` before
                setting them, and deserialize them with `JSON.parse` when getting them.
                (optional, default: true). This is useful if you are using types that 
                MongoDB doesn't support.

The second parameter to the `MongoStore` constructor is a callback which will be called once the database connection is established.
This is mainly used for the tests, however you can use this callback if you want to wait until the store has connected before
starting your app.

## Example

With express:

    var express = require('express');
    var MongoStore = require('connect-mongo')(express);

    app.use(express.session({
        secret: settings.cookie_secret,
        store: new MongoStore({
          db: settings.db
        })
      }));

With connect:

    var connect = require('connect');
    var MongoStore = require('connect-mongo')(connect);

## Removing expired sessions

  connect-mongo uses MongoDB's TTL collection feature (2.2+) to
  have mongod automatically remove expired sessions. (mongod runs this
  check every minute.)

  **Note:** By connect/express's default, session cookies are set to 
  expire when the user closes their browser (maxAge: null). In accordance
  with standard industry practices, connect-mongo will set these sessions
  to expire two weeks from their last 'set'. You can override this 
  behavior by manually setting the maxAge for your cookies -- just keep in
  mind that any value less than 60 seconds is pointless, as mongod will
  only delete expired documents in a TTL collection every minute.

  For more information, consult connect's [session documentation](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/session.html)

## Tests

You need `mocha`.

    make test

The tests use a database called `connect-mongo-test`.

## License 

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 Casey Banner <kcbanner@gmail.com>

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