add mongodb session store

Author: Johannes Reppin

package-lock.json

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "bcrypt": "^5.1.0",
     "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
     "class-validator": "^0.14.0",
+    "connect-mongo": "^5.1.0",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "express-session": "^1.17.3",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
     "@types/bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/chai": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/express": "^5.0.0",
-    "@types/express-session": "^1.17.4",
+    "@types/express-session": "^1.18.1",
     "@types/jest": "^27.0.2",
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
     "@types/jsonpath-plus": "^5.0.5",

package.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import session from "express-session";
+import MongoStore from "connect-mongo";
 import { NestFactory } from "@nestjs/core";
 import {
   DocumentBuilder,
@@ -95,21 +96,28 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   const expressSessionSecret = configService.get<string>(
     "expressSessionSecret",
   );
+  const mongoUrl = configService.get<string>("mongodbUri");
+
   if (expressSessionSecret) {
     app.use(
       session({
         secret: expressSessionSecret,
         resave: false,
         saveUninitialized: true,
+        store: MongoStore.create({
+          mongoUrl, // MongoDB connection string
+          collectionName: "sessions", // Collection name for storing sessions
+          ttl: 24 * 60 * 60, // Session TTL (24 hours)
+        }),
+        cookie: {
+          secure: true,
+        },
       }),
     );
   }
 
   const port = configService.get<number>("port") ?? 3000;
-  Logger.log(
-    "MongoDB URI : " + configService.get<string>("mongodbUri"),
-    "Main",
-  );
+  Logger.log("MongoDB URI : " + mongoUrl, "Main");
   Logger.log("Scicat Backend listening on port: " + port, "Main");
 
   await app.listen(port);