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Lesha Pipiev
Lesha Pipiev

Reputation: 3333

Rails 3 session & cookie how to persist session id cookie

I am developing a simple shopping cart based on session_id i.e. for determination of a user cart items used session_id.

But when user closes a browser and then opens it again a session id is been changed. And he loses all his items in cart.

I suspect such feature I can provide with saving session id in cookie.

Am I right?

Any way my question is How to provide a functionality that allows users get their cart items even after closing a browser?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5555

Answers (3)

halmeetdave
halmeetdave

Reputation: 356

I recommend reading the Rails Guide: Action Controller Overview (http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_controller_overview.html).

Sections 4 and 5 cover Sessions and Cookies and will give you a deeper understanding on how to use them and will make it easier to tackle future challenges.

I would also check out the Ruby on Rails ActionDispatch::Cookies < Object Documentation (http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionDispatch/Cookies.html)

An example of the controller code you are looking for is listed on this resource. Here is an example:

# Sets a cookie that expires in 1 hour.
cookies[:login] = { :value => "XJ-122", :expires => 1.hour.from_now }

Upvotes: 5

rony36
rony36

Reputation: 3339

cookies[:your_cookie] = {
    :value => "your_cookie_value",
    :expires => 100.years.from_now
}

for more details, check it out.

Upvotes: 3

bjelli
bjelli

Reputation: 10090

Rails stores the session in a cookie by default. You can influence if the cookie lives beyond a restart of the browser (see below).

Cookies ARE NOT shared between browsers. Ever.

If you want to use Opera to look at the shopping cart you just created in Firefox you need to authenticate to the shop in some way, for example with username and password.

See Rails 3 additional session configuration options (key, expires_after, secure) for a description of all the configuration options for your session.

you'll be wanting to look at :expire_after, for example 

:expire_after => 24.hours

(Found here: Setting session timeout in Rails 3)

Upvotes: 2

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