connect sessions not working

app.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

var configuration = require('configvention');

var fs = require('fs');
var express = require('express');
var connect = require('connect');
var app = express();
var http = require('http');
var request = require('request');
var path = require('path');
var Q = require('q');
var _ = require('underscore');
require('underscore_extended');


var MemoryStore = connect.session.MemoryStore;
var session_store =  new MemoryStore;

function resetCookieExpire(req,res,next){
  var hour = 3600000;
  req.session.cookie.expires = new Date(Date.now() + hour);
  req.session.cookie.maxAge = hour;
}

app.use(connect.bodyParser());
app.use(connect.cookieParser());
app.use(connect.session({
  key : "enginuity-session", 
  secret : "eg",
  store : session_store,
  proxy : true
  //cookie : 
  })
);

function log_sessions(req,res,next){
  console.log('session_store', session_store.sessions);
  next();
}

app.use(log_sessions);


var serverMode = (function(mode) {
  var serverMode = {
    raw: mode,
    isDebug: mode === "debug",
    isDevelopment: mode === "dev",
    isProduction: mode === "production"
  };

  return serverMode;
}(configuration.get("mode")));

console.log("web-api serverMode", serverMode);

function api_proxy(req,res){
  const proxy_url = configuration.get("api") + req.url;
  console.log('proxy_url', proxy_url);
  var api_req = req.pipe(request(proxy_url))
    .on('error',function(error){
      console.error(error);
      res.send(error).end();
    })
  api_req.pipe(res);
}

// ## CORS middleware
// 
// see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7067966/how-to-allow-cors-in-express-nodejs

console.log('running program in mode', configuration.get('mode'));

var allowCrossDomain = function(req, res, next) {
  //res.header('eg-options',req.method);    
  
  console.log('allowCrossDomain',req.method);
  
  if(serverMode.isDebug || serverMode.isDevelopment){
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', "http://enginuitygroup.dev:8000");
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', true);
    //res.header('Access-Control-Max-Age', "60")
  }
  else {
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', "https://enginuitygroup.com");
    res.header('Access-Control-Max-Age', "3600")
  }

  // Kept these for now, should probably be moved to nginx too?
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET,PUT,POST,DELETE');
  //FIX had a lot of trouble getting CORS working with "Authorization"
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type, Authorization, x-requested-with');

  // intercept OPTIONS method
  if ('OPTIONS' === req.method) {
    res.status(200);
    res.end();
  }
  else {
    next();
  }
};


app.enabled('trust proxy');
//app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(allowCrossDomain);

const url_manager = require('./urls.js')
  .dependancies(configuration.get('api'));

app.post('/login',
         require('./routes/login/post.js')
         .dependancies(url_manager))
app.get('/login',
        require('./routes/login/get.js')
        .dependancies(url_manager))

app.use(express.errorHandler());

//app.all('*', api_proxy);




app.listen(configuration.get("port"));
console.log('Listening on port', configuration.get("port"));

post.js

var express = require('express');
var Q = require('q');
var request = require('request');
var utils = require('./utils');
var _ = require('underscore');

function main(urls){
  return function (req,res,next){
    console.log('login POST')
    console.log('req.auth',req.auth);
    console.log('session', req.session);
    Q.ncall(request.post, null, {
      url: urls.api.session.post, 
      form: req.auth
    })
      .spread(utils.get_user_data(urls))
      .spread(utils.setup_session(req,res))
      .fail(next)
      .done();
  }
}

var middleware = {
  dependancies: function(urls){
    return [
      main(urls),
      utils.no_op
    ];
  }
}
module.exports = middleware;

utils.js

var express = require('express');
var Q = require('q');
var request = require('request');
var _ = require('underscore');

var get_user_data = function(urls){
  return function (login_response){
    const cookie = login_response.headers['set-cookie'];
    console.log('get_user_data', cookie);
    return Q.ncall(request.get, null, 
                   {
                     url: urls.api.session.get, 
                     headers : {'set-cookie':cookie},
                     json:true
                   });
  }
}

function setup_session(req,res){
  return function(api_response){



    req.session.user = api_response.body;
    //req.session.save(_.identity);
    console.log('setup_session',req.session)
    res.status(200);
    res.send(req.session.user);
    res.end();
    return;
  }
}

function  no_op(req,res){};

exports.no_op = no_op;
exports.respond = respond;
exports.get_user_data = get_user_data;
exports.setup_session = setup_session;