Merge pull request #804 from lirantal/feature/session-expiration-enhancement-2

Adding support for configurable session expiration time

config/env/default.js

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ module.exports = {
   port: process.env.PORT || 3000,
   templateEngine: 'swig',
   // Session details
+  // session expiration is set by default to 24 hours
+  sessionExpiration: 24 * (60 * 1000),
   // sessionSecret should be changed for security measures and concerns
   sessionSecret: 'MEAN',
   // sessionKey is set to the generic sessionId key used by PHP applications

config/lib/express.js

@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ module.exports.initSession = function (app, db) {
     saveUninitialized: true,
     resave: true,
     secret: config.sessionSecret,
+    cookie: {
+      maxAge: config.sessionExpiration
+    },
     key: config.sessionKey,
     store: new MongoStore({
       mongooseConnection: db.connection,