package main import ( "time" "github.com/kataras/iris" "github.com/kataras/iris/context" "github.com/kataras/iris/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 DisableSubdomainPersistence: false, // want to be crazy safe? Take a look at the "securecookie" example folder. }) app.Get("/", func(ctx context.Context) { ctx.Writef("You should navigate to the /set, /get, /delete, /clear,/destroy instead") }) app.Get("/set", func(ctx context.Context) { //set session values. s := sess.Start(ctx) s.Set("name", "iris") //test if setted here ctx.Writef("All ok session setted to: %s", s.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("/get", func(ctx context.Context) { // get a specific value, as string, if no found returns just an empty string name := sess.Start(ctx).GetString("name") ctx.Writef("The name on the /set was: %s", name) }) app.Get("/delete", func(ctx context.Context) { // delete a specific key sess.Start(ctx).Delete("name") }) app.Get("/clear", func(ctx context.Context) { // removes all entries sess.Start(ctx).Clear() }) app.Get("/update", func(ctx context.Context) { // updates expire date sess.ShiftExpiration(ctx) }) app.Get("/destroy", func(ctx context.Context) { //destroy, removes the entire session data and cookie sess.Destroy(ctx) }) // Note about Destroy: // // You can destroy a session outside of a handler too, using the: // mySessions.DestroyByID // mySessions.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 context.Context) { business := []businessModel{{Name: "Edward"}, {Name: "value 2"}} s := sess.Start(ctx) s.SetImmutable("businessEdit", business) businessGet := s.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 context.Context) { valSlice := sess.Start(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.Run(iris.Addr(":8080")) }