javascript - Can't get cookies to send with request in Express 4 -

here's initial config:

var session         = require('express-session'); var cookieparser    = require('cookie-parser'); app.use(session({   saveuninitialized: true,   resave: false,   genid: function(req) {     return services.misc.generateuuid()   },   secret: secret.tostring() })); app.use(cookieparser(secret)); 

then in controller (it's routed through dead simple router controller, renders appropriate actions based on rails-like naming convention) i'll this:

var testcontroller = {   noaction: function(req, res) {     var locals = {       billy: 'the goat'     }      console.log('req session'.red, req.session);     res.cookie('test_cookie', 'wu tang clan');      this.services.render.view(req, res, this, 200, locals);   }  module.exports = testcontroller; 

note this.services.render.view service don't have write res.render('./app/controllers' + controller + '/' + action)

note res.cookie line in controller (docs on express.js). that's official docs , in fact, it's set in browser:

however, line above res.cookie log , imagine we'd have test_cookie in it, but:

all standard blank cookie every time, though it's set browser-side , supposedly sending.

my question is: how set , receive cookies in express 4?

your code seems ok, dsp_099 said, nodemon. express-session saves data in-memory, when restart server (with nodemon automatically) memory data reseted.

i wanna persist session data if node restarted, may suggest use redis-session (redis database)