NAME

Prancer::Session

SYNOPSIS

Sessions are just as important in a web application as GET and POST parameters. So if you have configured your application for sessions then every request will include a session object specific to that request.

sub handler {
    my ($self, $env, $request, $response, $session) = @_;

    # increment this counter every time the user requests a page
    my $counter = $session->get('counter');
    $counter ||= 0;
    ++$counter;
    $session->set('counter', $counter);

    sub (GET + /logout) {
        # blow the user's session away
        $session->expire();

        # then redirect the user
        $response->header('Location' => '/login');
        return $response->finalize(301);
    }
}

CONFIGURATION

The basic configuration for the session engine looks like this:

session:
    state:
        driver: Prancer::Session::State::Cookie
        options:
            session_key: PSESSION
    store:
        driver: Prancer::Session::Store::Storable
        options:
            dir: /tmp/prancer/sessions

The documentation for the state and store drivers will have more information about the specific options available to them.

METHODS

id

This will return the session id of the current session. This is set and maintained by the session state package.

has key

This will return true if the named key exists in the session object.

if ($session->has('foo')) {
    print "I see you've set foo already.\n";
}

It will return false otherwise.

get key [default]

The get method takes two arguments: a key and a default value. If the key does not exist then the default value will be returned instead. If the value that has been stored in the user's session is a reference then a clone of the value will be returned to avoid modifying the session in a strange way. Additionally, this method is context sensitive.

my $foo = $session->get('foo');
my %bar = $session->get('bar');
my @baz = $session->get('baz');

set key value

The set method takes two arguments: a key and a value. If the key already exists in the session then it will be overwritten and the old value will be returned in a context sensitive way. If the value is a reference then it will be cloned before being saved into the user's session to avoid any strangeness.

my $old_foo = $session->set('foo', 'bar');
my %old_bar = $session->set('bar', { 'baz' => 'bat' });
my @old_baz = $session->set('baz', [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ]);
$session->set('whatever', 'do not care');

remove key

The remove method takes one argument: the key to remove. The value that was removed will be returned in a context sensitive way.

expire

This will blow the session away.

SEE ALSO

Plack::Middleware::Session =item Prancer::Session::State::Cookie =item Prancer::Session::Store::Memory =item Prancer::Session::Store::Storable =item Prancer::Session::Store::Database