experimental connect/express session support

lib/now.js

@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ var Now = function () {
   this.closures = {};
   this.groups = {};
   this.users = {};
+  this.sessions = {};
   this.options = {
     clientWrite: true,
     autoHost: true,
     socketio: {"log level" : 1},
     client: {},
     scope: 'window',
+    cookieKey: 'connect.sid',
     closureTimeout: 30000
   };
 };
@@ -202,6 +204,14 @@ Now.prototype.initialize = function (server, options) {
     everyone.emit.apply(user, ['disconnect']);
   });
 
+  // Detect connect and add session middleware as necessary
+  //   Use `in` so we look up the prototype chain
+  if('use' in server && 'stack' in server && 'route' in server) {
+    server.use(function(req, res, next) {
+      self.sessions[req.sessionID] = req.session;
+    });
+  }
+
   return everyone;
 };
 

lib/user.js

@@ -49,7 +49,16 @@ exports.initialize = function (nowjs) {
      * @property {String} cookie The user's cookie, as determined by
      * Socket.IO.
      */
-    this.user = { clientId: socket.id, cookie: nowUtil.parseCookie(socket.handshake.headers.cookie) };
+    this.user = {
+      clientId: socket.id,
+      cookie: nowUtil.parseCookie(socket.handshake.headers.cookie)
+    };
+
+    // Populate session by parsing cookie
+    var cookie = this.user.cookie[nowjs.options['cookieKey']];
+    if (cookie) {
+      this.user.session = nowjs.sessions[unescape(cookie)];
+    }
 
     // set to true upon first replaceVar and emit connect event
     /**