How To Add Cookies And Session ?

 

Step 1: Set up your server and database using the given code

Step2: Install the following packages:

1)passport

2)passport-local

3)passport-local-mongoose

4)express-session
using command npm install <packge name>

Step 3: Require the above packages:
const keyword = require(“package name”);

Step 4: Use express-session in your app as follows:

You can add secret of your choice.

Step 5: Initialize passport and use it to deal with express-session

Step 6: Add passport-local-mongoose into your schema as a plugin

Step 7: Create a local strategy using a passport and then serialize and deserialize the user

Step 8: create register post, get and login post, get route

Step 9: Register and authenticate the user using passport-local-mongoose. And then redirect to the page you want. here I have mentioned the “secrets” route.

Step 10: Login and Authenticate users using passport-local-mongoose

This will automatically add Cookies and sessions to your browser. And you can view it by going to the settings, then search cookies.

Note : I haven't mentioned about frontend part, since this blog focused on only cookies. You can refer this Repository:

GitHub

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