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Session Management

Secure cookie-based session and token management for Express.js applications.


Overview

AuthSafe uses secure HTTP-only cookies to store authentication tokens. Provides setAuthCookies() to store tokens, getAuthCookies() to retrieve them, clearAuthCookies() to clear all auth cookies, and refreshTokens() to refresh access tokens.


Basic Usage

import { setAuthCookies, getAuthCookies, clearAuthCookies } from 'authsafe-express';

// Store tokens after successful authentication
setAuthCookies(res, tokens, config);

// Retrieve stored tokens
const cookies = getAuthCookies(req);

// Clear all auth cookies on logout
clearAuthCookies(res, config);

Best Practices
  • Cookies use httpOnly, secure (production), sameSite: 'lax', and path: '/' by default
  • Default cookie prefix is 'authsafe.' (e.g., authsafe.id_token, authsafe.access_token)
  • Cookie prefix is customizable via initAuthSafe cookies.prefix option

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