# Session Service ## Usage ```js const SessionService = require('@tryghost/session-service'); const sessionService = SessionService({ async getSession(req, res) { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { require('express-session')(config)(req, res, (err) => { if (err) { reject(err); } resolve(req.session); }) }) }, async findUserById({id}) { return UserModel.findUserById(id); }, getOriginOfRequest(req) { return req.headers.origin; } }); app.use(async (req, res, next) => { try { const user = await sessionService.getUserForSession(req, res); req.user = user; next(); } catch (err) { next(err); } }); app.post('/login', async (req, res) => { try { const user = await UserModel.verify(req.body); await sessionService.createSessionForUser(req, res, user); res.redirect('/home'); } catch (err) { return next(err); } }); app.post('/logout', async (req, res) => { try { await sessionService.destroyCurrentSession(req, res); res.redirect('/login'); } catch (err) { return next(err); } }); ```