Redirect to login page after session timeout using nodejs, expressjs and reactjs

Question

i have node and react application. for middleware i am using expressjs.

i am trying to redirect to login page after session time out. i am using express-session for authentication, i am able to get session timeout but not able to redirect to login page.

My login url is http://localhost:8009/login which is implemented in react js for ui part. app.use('/', login); router in node and expressjs

below is my code.

var session = require('express-session');

app.use(session({
    secret: 'Test Service',
    name: "test",
    saveUninitialized: true,
    resave:false,
    cookie: {
        //maxAge: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
        path: '/login',
        maxAge: 1 * 10 * 60 * 1000, 
        overwrite: false    
    }
}));

can anyone help me on this. i have also checked below urls but not able to get the solutions.

How to keep the session active when redirecting from domain to subdomain in Express js/ https://gitlab.com/dinh.dich/express-session-expire-timeout#README

Answer 1

In my opinion, here are two options you have

1 - if you are talking about session and redirecting if there is no session :

Create a function in your router as such :

module.exports.home = (req,res)=>{
if(!req.session.user){
    //index is the main page without any session
    res.render('index');
}
else{
    //render to a different page
}
};

Hopefully this will give you a better idea. Good luck !