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Passport must be initialized using passport.initialize() middleware. To use login sessions, passport.session() middleware is required.

Note that passport.serialize() and passport.deserializeUser() methods must be defined. Passport will serialize and deserialize user instances to and from the session

const express = require('express');
const session = require('express-session');
const passport = require('passport');
const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
const app = express();

// Required to read cookies
app.use(cookieParser());

passport.serializeUser(function(user, next) {
    // Serialize the user in the session
    next(null, user);
});

passport.deserializeUser(function(user, next) {
    // Use the previously serialized user
        next(null, user);
});

// Configuring express-session middleware
app.use(session({
    secret: 'The cake is a lie',
    resave: true,
    saveUninitialized: true
}));

// Initializing passport
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());

// Starting express server on port 3000
app.listen(3000);

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