Mojolicious::Sessions(3)

NAME
Mojolicious::Sessions - Signed cookie based session manager

SYNOPSIS
  use Mojolicious::Sessions;

  my $sessions = Mojolicious::Sessions->new;
  $sessions->cookie_name('myapp');
  $sessions->default_expiration(86400);

DESCRIPTION
Mojolicious::Sessions manages simple signed cookie based sessions for Mojolicious. All data gets serialized with Mojo::JSON and stored "Base64" encoded on the client-side, but is protected from unwanted changes with a "HMAC-SHA1" signature.

ATTRIBUTES
Mojolicious::Sessions implements the following attributes.

  cookie_domain
  my $domain = $sessions->cookie_domain;
  $sessions  = $sessions->cookie_domain('.example.com');

Domain for session cookies, not defined by default.

  cookie_name
  my $name  = $sessions->cookie_name;
  $sessions = $sessions->cookie_name('session');

Name for session cookies, defaults to "mojolicious".

  cookie_path
  my $path  = $sessions->cookie_path;
  $sessions = $sessions->cookie_path('/foo');

Path for session cookies, defaults to "/".

  default_expiration
  my $time  = $sessions->default_expiration;
  $sessions = $sessions->default_expiration(3600);

Default time for sessions to expire in seconds from now, defaults to 3600. The expiration timeout gets refreshed for every request. Setting the value to 0 will allow sessions to persist until the browser window is closed, this can have security implications though. For more control you can also use the "expiration" and "expires" session values.

  # Expiration date in seconds from now (persists between requests)
  $c->session(expiration => 604800);

  # Expiration date as absolute epoch time (only valid for one request)
  $c->session(expires => time + 604800);

  # Delete whole session by setting an expiration date in the past
  $c->session(expires => 1);

  secure
  my $bool  = $sessions->secure;
  $sessions = $sessions->secure($bool);

Set the secure flag on all session cookies, so that browsers send them only over HTTPS connections.

METHODS
Mojolicious::Sessions inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.

  load
  $sessions->load(Mojolicious::Controller->new);

Load session data from signed cookie.

  store
  $sessions->store(Mojolicious::Controller->new);

Store session data in signed cookie.

SEE ALSO
Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <http://mojolicio.us>.