package main import ( "time" "github.com/kataras/iris/v12" "github.com/kataras/iris/v12/sessions" ) type businessModel struct { Name string } func main() { app := iris.New() sess := sessions.New(sessions.Config{ // Cookie string, the session's client cookie name, for example: "mysessionid" // // Defaults to "irissessionid" Cookie: "mysessionid", // it's time.Duration, from the time cookie is created, how long it can be alive? // 0 means no expire. // -1 means expire when browser closes // or set a value, like 2 hours: Expires: time.Hour * 2, // if you want to invalid cookies on different subdomains // of the same host, then enable it. // Defaults to false. DisableSubdomainPersistence: false, }) app.Use(sess.Handler()) // session is always non-nil inside handlers now. app.Get("/", func(ctx iris.Context) { session := sessions.Get(ctx) // same as sess.Start(ctx, cookieOptions...) if session.Len() == 0 { ctx.HTML(`no session values stored yet. Navigate to: set page`) return } ctx.HTML("") }) // set session values. app.Get("/set", func(ctx iris.Context) { session := sessions.Get(ctx) session.Set("name", "iris") // test if set here. ctx.Writef("All ok session set to: %s", session.GetString("name")) // Set will set the value as-it-is, // if it's a slice or map // you will be able to change it on .Get directly! // Keep note that I don't recommend saving big data neither slices or maps on a session // but if you really need it then use the `SetImmutable` instead of `Set`. // Use `SetImmutable` consistently, it's slower. // Read more about muttable and immutable go types: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8021081 }) app.Get("/set/{key}/{value}", func(ctx iris.Context) { key, value := ctx.Params().Get("key"), ctx.Params().Get("value") session := sessions.Get(ctx) session.Set(key, value) // test if set here ctx.Writef("All ok session value of the '%s' is: %s", key, session.GetString(key)) }) app.Get("/get", func(ctx iris.Context) { // get a specific value, as string, // if not found then it returns just an empty string. name := sessions.Get(ctx).GetString("name") ctx.Writef("The name on the /set was: %s", name) }) app.Get("/delete", func(ctx iris.Context) { // delete a specific key sessions.Get(ctx).Delete("name") }) app.Get("/clear", func(ctx iris.Context) { // removes all entries. sessions.Get(ctx).Clear() }) app.Get("/update", func(ctx iris.Context) { // updates expire date. sess.ShiftExpiration(ctx) }) app.Get("/destroy", func(ctx iris.Context) { // destroy, removes the entire session data and cookie // sess.Destroy(ctx) // or sessions.Get(ctx).Destroy() }) // Note about Destroy: // // You can destroy a session outside of a handler too, using the: // sess.DestroyByID // sess.DestroyAll // remember: slices and maps are muttable by-design // The `SetImmutable` makes sure that they will be stored and received // as immutable, so you can't change them directly by mistake. // // Use `SetImmutable` consistently, it's slower than `Set`. // Read more about muttable and immutable go types: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8021081 app.Get("/set_immutable", func(ctx iris.Context) { business := []businessModel{{Name: "Edward"}, {Name: "value 2"}} session := sessions.Get(ctx) session.SetImmutable("businessEdit", business) businessGet := session.Get("businessEdit").([]businessModel) // try to change it, if we used `Set` instead of `SetImmutable` this // change will affect the underline array of the session's value "businessEdit", but now it will not. businessGet[0].Name = "Gabriel" }) app.Get("/get_immutable", func(ctx iris.Context) { valSlice := sessions.Get(ctx).Get("businessEdit") if valSlice == nil { ctx.HTML("please navigate to the /set_immutable first") return } firstModel := valSlice.([]businessModel)[0] // businessGet[0].Name is equal to Edward initially if firstModel.Name != "Edward" { panic("Report this as a bug, immutable data cannot be changed from the caller without re-SetImmutable") } ctx.Writef("[]businessModel[0].Name remains: %s", firstModel.Name) // the name should remains "Edward" }) app.Listen(":8080") }