How do I set maxAge on session (so that login is remembered after browser is closed)?

[PiotrJander]

In a typical login form, there is a "remember" checkbox. If set, session cookies will have maxAge set so that they persist after the browser is closed.

In the Indie stack Remix starter, this is implemented like this:

export async function createUserSession({
  request,
  userId,
  remember,
  redirectTo,
}: {
  request: Request;
  userId: string;
  remember: boolean;
  redirectTo: string;
}) {
  const session = await getSession(request);
  session.set(USER_SESSION_KEY, userId);
  return redirect(redirectTo, {
    headers: {
      "Set-Cookie": await sessionStorage.commitSession(session, {
        maxAge: remember
          ? 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 // 7 days
          : undefined,
      }),
    },
  });
}

How do I achieve this with remix-auth?

Thanks!

[sergiodxa]

If you don't define a successRedirect when calling authenticate method it will give you back the user data and you'll have to commit the session yourself, at that point you can change the maxAge.

Check https://github.com/sergiodxa/remix-auth#custom-redirect-url-based-on-the-user for how this may work, the example is to change the redirect but the idea is mostly the same, just change where you commit the session.