NAME
Catalyst::Plugin::CookiedSession - Store sessions in a browser cookie
SYNOPSIS
# in your Catalyst application:
use Catalyst qw(CookiedSession);
__PACKAGE__->config(
cookiedsession => { key => 'secretkey', expires => '+1d' },
);
# later on in your code
$c->session->{product} = 'foo';
...
my $product = $c->session->{product};
DESCRIPTION
This module is a replacement module for Catalyst::Plugin::Session::*
which stores the Catalyst session in a browser cookie. This has two
advantages: it's easier to configure than Catalyst::Plugin::Session::*
and sessions require no disk IO.
The session is encrypted using Rijndael using the key you provide in the
configuration, which should be unique to your application.
More about Rijndael:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijndael
If you do not set an expires value in the configuration, then a session
cookie is used. You should set a value to make the cookie persist
through closing the browser: use '+1h' for one hour, '+2d' for two days,
'+3M' for three months and '+4y' for four years.
Note that the cookie is limited in size to 4096 bytes. Keep your
sessions very small. Alternatively please provide a patch which works
along the lines of CGI::Cookie::Splitter.
AUTHOR
Leon Brocard <
[email protected]>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008, Leon Brocard
This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
