How do I generate CSRF tokens in Express?

Question

newbie. I\'m using ExpressJS/Node. Here\'s my config stuff:

var express = require(\'express\'),
app = express.createServer(),
jade=require(\'jade\');
// Configu         


        

Answer 1

Add the token to dynamic helpers.

app.dynamicHelpers({
  token: function(req, res) {
    return req.session._csrf;
  }
});

Reference it in your jade template.

input(type='hidden', value=token)

Source: http://senchalabs.github.com/connect/middleware-csrf.html