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JavaScript User Authentication With Express and Mongo Improving the App with Custom Middleware Using MongoDB as a Session Store

Peter Gess
Peter Gess
16,553 Points
Posted by Peter Gess
Peter Gess
16,553 Points

Session is persisting in Mongodb even after logout

When I logout the session is still retrievable in Mongo through db.sessions.find(). It appears that when I login in again it is destroyed and replaced with a new one but it is not upon logout. My code for the route is below, any ideas?

router.get('/logout', function(req, res, next) {
  if (req.session) {
    req.session.destroy(function(err) {
      if (err) {
        return next(err)
      } else {
        return res.redirect('/')
      }
    })
  }
})
Tyler Armstrong
Tyler Armstrong
13,887 Points
Tyler Armstrong
Tyler Armstrong
13,887 Points

Any luck figuring this out? I'm having the same issue and unable to log out.

Edit: If in Safari, empty your cache. Fixed it for me.

sradms0
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sradms0
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Hey, Peter. If you haven't already figured this out, post the rest of your files: -routes/index.js (the rest of it) -middleware/index.js -app.js maybe even your models/user.js

This route looks fine, so it'd be best see everything else you've made.

1 Answer

Peter Gess
Peter Gess
16,553 Points
Peter Gess
Peter Gess
16,553 Points

Ahh, didn't think of clearing cache. That should work. There also are a number of commands that can kill sessions: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/server-sessions/