Struct actix_web::middleware::session::CookieSessionBackend

pub struct CookieSessionBackend(_);

Use cookies for session storage.

CookieSessionBackend creates sessions which are limited to storing fewer than 4000 bytes of data (as the payload must fit into a single cookie). An Internal Server Error is generated if the session contains more than 4000 bytes.

A cookie may have a security policy of signed or private. Each has a respective CookieSessionBackend constructor.

A signed cookie is stored on the client as plaintext alongside a signature such that the cookie may be viewed but not modified by the client.

A private cookie is stored on the client as encrypted text such that it may neither be viewed nor modified by the client.

The constructors take a key as an argument. This is the private key for cookie session - when this value is changed, all session data is lost. The constructors will panic if the key is less than 32 bytes in length.

The backend relies on cookie crate to create and read cookies. By default all cookies are percent encoded, but certain symbols may cause troubles when reading cookie, if they are not properly percent encoded.

Example

use actix_web::middleware::session::CookieSessionBackend;

let backend: CookieSessionBackend = CookieSessionBackend::signed(&[0; 32])
    .domain("www.rust-lang.org")
    .name("actix_session")
    .path("/")
    .secure(true);

Methods

impl CookieSessionBackend

pub fn signed(key: &[u8]) -> CookieSessionBackend

Construct new signed CookieSessionBackend instance.

Panics if key length is less than 32 bytes.

pub fn private(key: &[u8]) -> CookieSessionBackend

Construct new private CookieSessionBackend instance.

Panics if key length is less than 32 bytes.

pub fn path<S: Into<String>>(self, value: S) -> CookieSessionBackend

Sets the path field in the session cookie being built.

pub fn name<S: Into<String>>(self, value: S) -> CookieSessionBackend

Sets the name field in the session cookie being built.

pub fn domain<S: Into<String>>(self, value: S) -> CookieSessionBackend

Sets the domain field in the session cookie being built.

pub fn secure(self, value: bool) -> CookieSessionBackend

Sets the secure field in the session cookie being built.

If the secure field is set, a cookie will only be transmitted when the connection is secure - i.e. https

pub fn same_site(self, value: SameSite) -> CookieSessionBackend

Sets the same_site field in the session cookie being built.

pub fn max_age(self, value: Duration) -> CookieSessionBackend

Sets the max-age field in the session cookie being built.