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1 | #!/usr/bin/perl |
2 | |
3 | package Catalyst::Plugin::Session; |
4 | use base qw/Class::Accessor::Fast/; |
5 | |
6 | use strict; |
7 | use warnings; |
8 | |
9 | use NEXT; |
10 | use Catalyst::Exception (); |
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11 | use Digest (); |
12 | use overload (); |
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13 | use Object::Signature (); |
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14 | |
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15 | our $VERSION = "0.05"; |
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16 | |
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17 | my @session_data_accessors; # used in delete_session |
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18 | BEGIN { |
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19 | __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors( |
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20 | "_session_delete_reason", |
21 | @session_data_accessors = qw/ |
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22 | _sessionid |
23 | _session |
24 | _session_expires |
25 | _session_data_sig |
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26 | _flash |
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27 | _flash_keep_keys |
28 | _flash_key_hashes |
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29 | / |
30 | ); |
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31 | } |
32 | |
33 | sub setup { |
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34 | my $c = shift; |
35 | |
36 | $c->NEXT::setup(@_); |
37 | |
38 | $c->check_session_plugin_requirements; |
39 | $c->setup_session; |
40 | |
41 | return $c; |
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42 | } |
43 | |
44 | sub check_session_plugin_requirements { |
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45 | my $c = shift; |
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46 | |
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47 | unless ( $c->isa("Catalyst::Plugin::Session::State") |
48 | && $c->isa("Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store") ) |
49 | { |
50 | my $err = |
51 | ( "The Session plugin requires both Session::State " |
52 | . "and Session::Store plugins to be used as well." ); |
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53 | |
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54 | $c->log->fatal($err); |
55 | Catalyst::Exception->throw($err); |
56 | } |
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57 | } |
58 | |
59 | sub setup_session { |
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60 | my $c = shift; |
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61 | |
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62 | my $cfg = ( $c->config->{session} ||= {} ); |
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63 | |
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64 | %$cfg = ( |
65 | expires => 7200, |
66 | verify_address => 1, |
67 | %$cfg, |
68 | ); |
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69 | |
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70 | $c->NEXT::setup_session(); |
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71 | } |
72 | |
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73 | sub prepare_action { |
74 | my $c = shift; |
75 | |
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76 | if ( $c->config->{session}{flash_to_stash} |
77 | and $c->_sessionid |
78 | and my $flash_data = $c->flash ) |
79 | { |
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80 | @{ $c->stash }{ keys %$flash_data } = values %$flash_data; |
81 | } |
82 | |
83 | $c->NEXT::prepare_action(@_); |
84 | } |
85 | |
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86 | sub finalize { |
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87 | my $c = shift; |
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88 | |
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89 | $c->_save_session; |
90 | $c->_save_flash; |
91 | |
92 | $c->NEXT::finalize(@_); |
93 | } |
94 | |
95 | sub _save_session { |
96 | my $c = shift; |
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97 | |
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98 | if ( my $sid = $c->_sessionid ) { |
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99 | |
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100 | # all sessions are extended at the end of the request |
101 | my $now = time; |
102 | |
103 | if ( my $expires = $c->session_expires ) { |
104 | $c->store_session_data( "expires:$sid" => $expires ); |
105 | } |
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106 | |
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107 | if ( my $session_data = $c->_session ) { |
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108 | |
109 | no warnings 'uninitialized'; |
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110 | if ( Object::Signature::signature($session_data) ne |
111 | $c->_session_data_sig ) |
112 | { |
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113 | $session_data->{__updated} = $now; |
114 | $c->store_session_data( "session:$sid" => $session_data ); |
115 | } |
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116 | } |
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117 | } |
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118 | } |
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119 | |
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120 | sub _save_flash { |
121 | my $c = shift; |
122 | |
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123 | if ( my $sid = $c->_sessionid ) { |
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124 | if ( my $flash_data = $c->_flash ) { |
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125 | |
126 | my $hashes = $c->_flash_key_hashes || {}; |
127 | my $keep = $c->_flash_keep_keys || {}; |
128 | foreach my $key ( keys %$hashes ) { |
129 | if ( !exists $keep->{$key} and Object::Signature::signature( \$flash_data->{$key} ) eq $hashes->{$key} ) { |
130 | delete $flash_data->{$key}; |
131 | } |
132 | } |
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133 | |
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134 | if (%$flash_data) { |
135 | $c->store_session_data( "flash:$sid", $flash_data ); |
136 | } |
137 | else { |
138 | $c->delete_session_data("flash:$sid"); |
139 | } |
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140 | } |
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141 | } |
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142 | } |
143 | |
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144 | sub _load_session { |
145 | my $c = shift; |
146 | |
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147 | if ( my $sid = $c->_sessionid ) { |
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148 | if ( $c->session_expires ) { # > 0 |
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149 | |
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150 | my $session_data = $c->get_session_data("session:$sid"); |
151 | $c->_session($session_data); |
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152 | |
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153 | no warnings 'uninitialized'; # ne __address |
154 | if ( $c->config->{session}{verify_address} |
155 | && $session_data->{__address} ne $c->request->address ) |
156 | { |
157 | $c->log->warn( |
158 | "Deleting session $sid due to address mismatch (" |
159 | . $session_data->{__address} . " != " |
160 | . $c->request->address . ")", |
161 | ); |
162 | $c->delete_session("address mismatch"); |
163 | return; |
164 | } |
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165 | |
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166 | $c->log->debug(qq/Restored session "$sid"/) if $c->debug; |
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167 | $c->_session_data_sig( Object::Signature::signature($session_data) ) if $session_data; |
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168 | $c->_expire_session_keys; |
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169 | |
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170 | return $session_data; |
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171 | } |
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172 | } |
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173 | |
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174 | return; |
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175 | } |
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176 | |
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177 | sub _load_flash { |
178 | my $c = shift; |
179 | |
180 | if ( my $sid = $c->_sessionid ) { |
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181 | if ( my $flash_data = $c->_flash |
182 | || $c->_flash( $c->get_session_data("flash:$sid") ) ) |
183 | { |
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184 | $c->_flash_key_hashes({ map { $_ => Object::Signature::signature( \$flash_data->{$_} ) } keys %$flash_data }); |
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185 | return $flash_data; |
186 | } |
187 | } |
188 | |
189 | return undef; |
190 | } |
191 | |
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192 | sub _expire_session_keys { |
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193 | my ( $c, $data ) = @_; |
194 | |
195 | my $now = time; |
196 | |
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197 | my $expiry = ( $data || $c->_session || {} )->{__expire_keys} || {}; |
198 | foreach my $key ( grep { $expiry->{$_} < $now } keys %$expiry ) { |
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199 | delete $c->_session->{$key}; |
200 | delete $expiry->{$key}; |
201 | } |
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202 | } |
203 | |
204 | sub delete_session { |
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205 | my ( $c, $msg ) = @_; |
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206 | |
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207 | # delete the session data |
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208 | my $sid = $c->_sessionid || return; |
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209 | $c->delete_session_data("${_}:${sid}") for qw/session expires flash/; |
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210 | |
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211 | # reset the values in the context object |
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212 | # see the BEGIN block |
213 | $c->$_(undef) for @session_data_accessors; |
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214 | |
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215 | $c->_session_delete_reason($msg); |
216 | } |
217 | |
218 | sub session_delete_reason { |
219 | my $c = shift; |
220 | |
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221 | $c->_load_session |
222 | if ( $c->_sessionid && !$c->_session ); # must verify session data |
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223 | |
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224 | $c->_session_delete_reason(@_); |
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225 | } |
226 | |
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227 | sub session_expires { |
228 | my ( $c, $should_create ) = @_; |
229 | |
230 | $c->_session_expires || do { |
231 | if ( my $sid = $c->_sessionid ) { |
232 | my $now = time; |
233 | |
234 | if ( !$should_create ) { |
235 | if ( ( $c->get_session_data("expires:$sid") || 0 ) < $now ) { |
236 | |
237 | # session expired |
238 | $c->log->debug("Deleting session $sid (expired)") |
239 | if $c->debug; |
240 | $c->delete_session("session expired"); |
241 | return 0; |
242 | } |
243 | } |
244 | |
245 | return $c->_session_expires( |
246 | $now + $c->config->{session}{expires} ); |
247 | } |
248 | }; |
249 | } |
250 | |
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251 | sub sessionid { |
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252 | my $c = shift; |
253 | |
254 | if (@_) { |
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255 | if($c->_sessionid()) { |
256 | $c->log->warn('Session ID already set, ignoring.'); |
257 | return $c->_sessionid(); |
258 | } |
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259 | if ( $c->validate_session_id( my $sid = shift ) ) { |
260 | $c->_sessionid($sid); |
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261 | return unless defined wantarray; |
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262 | } |
263 | else { |
264 | my $err = "Tried to set invalid session ID '$sid'"; |
265 | $c->log->error($err); |
266 | Catalyst::Exception->throw($err); |
267 | } |
268 | } |
269 | |
270 | $c->_load_session |
271 | if ( $c->_sessionid && !$c->_session ); # must verify session data |
272 | |
273 | return $c->_sessionid; |
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274 | } |
275 | |
276 | sub validate_session_id { |
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277 | my ( $c, $sid ) = @_; |
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278 | |
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279 | $sid and $sid =~ /^[a-f\d]+$/i; |
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280 | } |
281 | |
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282 | sub session { |
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283 | my $c = shift; |
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284 | |
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285 | $c->_session || $c->_load_session || do { |
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286 | $c->create_session_id; |
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287 | |
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288 | $c->initialize_session_data; |
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289 | }; |
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290 | } |
291 | |
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292 | sub keep_flash { |
293 | my ( $c, @keys ) = @_; |
294 | ($c->_flash_keep_keys->{@keys}) = ((undef) x @keys); |
295 | } |
296 | |
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297 | sub flash { |
298 | my $c = shift; |
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299 | $c->_flash || $c->_load_flash || do { |
300 | $c->create_session_id; |
301 | $c->_flash( {} ); |
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302 | } |
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303 | } |
304 | |
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305 | sub session_expire_key { |
306 | my ( $c, %keys ) = @_; |
307 | |
308 | my $now = time; |
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309 | @{ $c->session->{__expire_keys} }{ keys %keys } = |
310 | map { $now + $_ } values %keys; |
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311 | } |
312 | |
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313 | sub initialize_session_data { |
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314 | my $c = shift; |
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315 | |
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316 | my $now = time; |
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317 | |
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318 | return $c->_session( |
319 | { |
320 | __created => $now, |
321 | __updated => $now, |
322 | |
323 | ( |
324 | $c->config->{session}{verify_address} |
325 | ? ( __address => $c->request->address ) |
326 | : () |
327 | ), |
328 | } |
329 | ); |
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330 | } |
331 | |
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332 | sub generate_session_id { |
333 | my $c = shift; |
334 | |
335 | my $digest = $c->_find_digest(); |
336 | $digest->add( $c->session_hash_seed() ); |
337 | return $digest->hexdigest; |
338 | } |
339 | |
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340 | sub create_session_id { |
341 | my $c = shift; |
342 | |
343 | if ( !$c->_sessionid ) { |
344 | my $sid = $c->generate_session_id; |
345 | |
346 | $c->log->debug(qq/Created session "$sid"/) if $c->debug; |
347 | |
348 | $c->sessionid($sid); |
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349 | $c->session_expires(1); |
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350 | } |
351 | } |
352 | |
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353 | my $counter; |
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354 | |
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355 | sub session_hash_seed { |
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356 | my $c = shift; |
357 | |
358 | return join( "", ++$counter, time, rand, $$, {}, overload::StrVal($c), ); |
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359 | } |
360 | |
361 | my $usable; |
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362 | |
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363 | sub _find_digest () { |
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364 | unless ($usable) { |
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365 | foreach my $alg (qw/SHA-1 SHA-256 MD5/) { |
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366 | if ( eval { Digest->new($alg) } ) { |
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367 | $usable = $alg; |
368 | last; |
369 | } |
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370 | } |
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371 | Catalyst::Exception->throw( |
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372 | "Could not find a suitable Digest module. Please install " |
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373 | . "Digest::SHA1, Digest::SHA, or Digest::MD5" ) |
374 | unless $usable; |
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375 | } |
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376 | |
377 | return Digest->new($usable); |
378 | } |
379 | |
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380 | sub dump_these { |
381 | my $c = shift; |
382 | |
383 | ( |
384 | $c->NEXT::dump_these(), |
385 | |
386 | $c->sessionid |
387 | ? ( [ "Session ID" => $c->sessionid ], [ Session => $c->session ], ) |
388 | : () |
389 | ); |
390 | } |
391 | |
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392 | __PACKAGE__; |
393 | |
394 | __END__ |
395 | |
396 | =pod |
397 | |
398 | =head1 NAME |
399 | |
400 | Catalyst::Plugin::Session - Generic Session plugin - ties together server side |
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401 | storage and client side state required to maintain session data. |
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402 | |
403 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
404 | |
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405 | # To get sessions to "just work", all you need to do is use these plugins: |
406 | |
407 | use Catalyst qw/ |
408 | Session |
409 | Session::Store::FastMmap |
410 | Session::State::Cookie |
411 | /; |
412 | |
413 | # you can replace Store::FastMmap with Store::File - both have sensible |
414 | # default configurations (see their docs for details) |
415 | |
416 | # more complicated backends are available for other scenarios (DBI storage, |
417 | # etc) |
418 | |
419 | |
420 | # after you've loaded the plugins you can save session data |
421 | # For example, if you are writing a shopping cart, it could be implemented |
422 | # like this: |
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423 | |
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424 | sub add_item : Local { |
425 | my ( $self, $c ) = @_; |
426 | |
427 | my $item_id = $c->req->param("item"); |
428 | |
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429 | # $c->session is a hash ref, a bit like $c->stash |
430 | # the difference is that it' preserved across requests |
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431 | |
432 | push @{ $c->session->{items} }, $item_id; |
433 | |
434 | $c->forward("MyView"); |
435 | } |
436 | |
437 | sub display_items : Local { |
438 | my ( $self, $c ) = @_; |
439 | |
440 | # values in $c->session are restored |
441 | $c->stash->{items_to_display} = |
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442 | [ map { MyModel->retrieve($_) } @{ $c->session->{items} } ]; |
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443 | |
444 | $c->forward("MyView"); |
445 | } |
446 | |
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447 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
448 | |
449 | The Session plugin is the base of two related parts of functionality required |
450 | for session management in web applications. |
451 | |
452 | The first part, the State, is getting the browser to repeat back a session key, |
453 | so that the web application can identify the client and logically string |
454 | several requests together into a session. |
455 | |
456 | The second part, the Store, deals with the actual storage of information about |
457 | the client. This data is stored so that the it may be revived for every request |
458 | made by the same client. |
459 | |
460 | This plugin links the two pieces together. |
461 | |
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462 | =head1 RECCOMENDED BACKENDS |
463 | |
464 | =over 4 |
465 | |
466 | =item Session::State::Cookie |
467 | |
468 | The only really sane way to do state is using cookies. |
469 | |
470 | =item Session::Store::File |
471 | |
472 | A portable backend, based on Cache::File. |
473 | |
474 | =item Session::Store::FastMmap |
475 | |
476 | A fast and flexible backend, based on Cache::FastMmap. |
477 | |
478 | =back |
479 | |
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480 | =head1 METHODS |
481 | |
482 | =over 4 |
483 | |
484 | =item sessionid |
485 | |
486 | An accessor for the session ID value. |
487 | |
488 | =item session |
489 | |
490 | Returns a hash reference that might contain unserialized values from previous |
491 | requests in the same session, and whose modified value will be saved for future |
492 | requests. |
493 | |
494 | This method will automatically create a new session and session ID if none |
495 | exists. |
496 | |
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497 | =item session_expires |
498 | |
499 | =item session_expires $reset |
500 | |
501 | This method returns the time when the current session will expire, or 0 if |
502 | there is no current session. If there is a session and it already expired, it |
503 | will delete the session and return 0 as well. |
504 | |
505 | If the C<$reset> parameter is true, and there is a session ID the expiry time |
506 | will be reset to the current time plus the time to live (see |
507 | L</CONFIGURATION>). This is used when creating a new session. |
508 | |
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509 | =item flash |
510 | |
511 | This is like Ruby on Rails' flash data structure. Think of it as a stash that |
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512 | lasts for longer than one request, letting you redirect instead of forward. |
513 | |
514 | The flash data will be cleaned up only on requests on which actually use |
515 | $c->flash (thus allowing multiple redirections), and the policy is to delete |
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516 | all the keys which haven't changed since the flash data was loaded at the end |
517 | of every request. |
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518 | |
519 | sub moose : Local { |
520 | my ( $self, $c ) = @_; |
521 | |
522 | $c->flash->{beans} = 10; |
523 | $c->response->redirect( $c->uri_for("foo") ); |
524 | } |
525 | |
526 | sub foo : Local { |
527 | my ( $self, $c ) = @_; |
528 | |
529 | my $value = $c->flash->{beans}; |
530 | |
531 | # ... |
532 | |
533 | $c->response->redirect( $c->uri_for("bar") ); |
534 | } |
535 | |
536 | sub bar : Local { |
537 | my ( $self, $c ) = @_; |
538 | |
539 | if ( exists $c->flash->{beans} ) { # false |
540 | |
541 | } |
542 | } |
543 | |
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544 | =item keep_flash @keys |
545 | |
546 | If you wawnt to keep a flash key for the next request too, even if it hasn't |
547 | changed, call C<keep_flash> and pass in the keys as arguments. |
548 | |
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549 | =item session_delete_reason |
550 | |
551 | This accessor contains a string with the reason a session was deleted. Possible |
552 | values include: |
553 | |
554 | =over 4 |
555 | |
556 | =item * |
557 | |
558 | C<address mismatch> |
559 | |
560 | =item * |
561 | |
562 | C<session expired> |
563 | |
564 | =back |
565 | |
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566 | =item session_expire_key $key, $ttl |
567 | |
568 | Mark a key to expire at a certain time (only useful when shorter than the |
569 | expiry time for the whole session). |
570 | |
571 | For example: |
572 | |
573 | __PACKAGE__->config->{session}{expires} = 1000000000000; # forever |
574 | |
575 | # later |
576 | |
577 | $c->session_expire_key( __user => 3600 ); |
578 | |
579 | Will make the session data survive, but the user will still be logged out after |
580 | an hour. |
581 | |
582 | Note that these values are not auto extended. |
583 | |
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584 | =back |
585 | |
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586 | =head1 INTERNAL METHODS |
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587 | |
588 | =over 4 |
589 | |
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590 | =item setup |
591 | |
592 | This method is extended to also make calls to |
593 | C<check_session_plugin_requirements> and C<setup_session>. |
594 | |
595 | =item check_session_plugin_requirements |
596 | |
597 | This method ensures that a State and a Store plugin are also in use by the |
598 | application. |
599 | |
600 | =item setup_session |
601 | |
602 | This method populates C<< $c->config->{session} >> with the default values |
603 | listed in L</CONFIGURATION>. |
604 | |
605 | =item prepare_action |
606 | |
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607 | This methoid is extended. |
608 | |
609 | It's only effect is if the (off by default) C<flash_to_stash> configuration |
610 | parameter is on - then it will copy the contents of the flash to the stash at |
611 | prepare time. |
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612 | |
613 | =item finalize |
614 | |
615 | This method is extended and will extend the expiry time, as well as persist the |
616 | session data if a session exists. |
617 | |
618 | =item delete_session REASON |
619 | |
620 | This method is used to invalidate a session. It takes an optional parameter |
621 | which will be saved in C<session_delete_reason> if provided. |
622 | |
623 | =item initialize_session_data |
624 | |
625 | This method will initialize the internal structure of the session, and is |
626 | called by the C<session> method if appropriate. |
627 | |
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628 | =item create_session_id |
629 | |
630 | Creates a new session id using C<generate_session_id> if there is no session ID |
631 | yet. |
632 | |
ab634fee |
633 | =item validate_session_id SID |
634 | |
635 | Make sure a session ID is of the right format. |
636 | |
637 | This currently ensures that the session ID string is any amount of case |
638 | insensitive hexadecimal characters. |
639 | |
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640 | =item generate_session_id |
641 | |
642 | This method will return a string that can be used as a session ID. It is |
643 | supposed to be a reasonably random string with enough bits to prevent |
644 | collision. It basically takes C<session_hash_seed> and hashes it using SHA-1, |
645 | MD5 or SHA-256, depending on the availibility of these modules. |
646 | |
647 | =item session_hash_seed |
648 | |
649 | This method is actually rather internal to generate_session_id, but should be |
650 | overridable in case you want to provide more random data. |
651 | |
652 | Currently it returns a concatenated string which contains: |
653 | |
654 | =over 4 |
655 | |
656 | =item * |
657 | |
658 | A counter |
659 | |
660 | =item * |
661 | |
662 | The current time |
663 | |
664 | =item * |
665 | |
666 | One value from C<rand>. |
667 | |
668 | =item * |
669 | |
670 | The stringified value of a newly allocated hash reference |
671 | |
672 | =item * |
673 | |
674 | The stringified value of the Catalyst context object |
675 | |
676 | =back |
677 | |
678 | In the hopes that those combined values are entropic enough for most uses. If |
679 | this is not the case you can replace C<session_hash_seed> with e.g. |
680 | |
681 | sub session_hash_seed { |
682 | open my $fh, "<", "/dev/random"; |
683 | read $fh, my $bytes, 20; |
684 | close $fh; |
685 | return $bytes; |
686 | } |
687 | |
688 | Or even more directly, replace C<generate_session_id>: |
689 | |
690 | sub generate_session_id { |
691 | open my $fh, "<", "/dev/random"; |
692 | read $fh, my $bytes, 20; |
693 | close $fh; |
694 | return unpack("H*", $bytes); |
695 | } |
696 | |
697 | Also have a look at L<Crypt::Random> and the various openssl bindings - these |
698 | modules provide APIs for cryptographically secure random data. |
699 | |
99b2191e |
700 | =item dump_these |
701 | |
702 | See L<Catalyst/dump_these> - ammends the session data structure to the list of |
703 | dumped objects if session ID is defined. |
704 | |
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705 | =back |
706 | |
a92c8aeb |
707 | =head1 USING SESSIONS DURING PREPARE |
708 | |
709 | The earliest point in time at which you may use the session data is after |
710 | L<Catalyst::Plugin::Session>'s C<prepare_action> has finished. |
711 | |
712 | State plugins must set $c->session ID before C<prepare_action>, and during |
713 | C<prepare_action> L<Catalyst::Plugin::Session> will actually load the data from |
714 | the store. |
715 | |
716 | sub prepare_action { |
717 | my $c = shift; |
718 | |
719 | # don't touch $c->session yet! |
b1cd7d77 |
720 | |
a92c8aeb |
721 | $c->NEXT::prepare_action( @_ ); |
722 | |
723 | $c->session; # this is OK |
724 | $c->sessionid; # this is also OK |
725 | } |
726 | |
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727 | =head1 CONFIGURATION |
728 | |
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729 | $c->config->{session} = { |
730 | expires => 1234, |
731 | }; |
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732 | |
733 | All configuation parameters are provided in a hash reference under the |
734 | C<session> key in the configuration hash. |
735 | |
736 | =over 4 |
737 | |
738 | =item expires |
739 | |
740 | The time-to-live of each session, expressed in seconds. Defaults to 7200 (two |
741 | hours). |
742 | |
743 | =item verify_address |
744 | |
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745 | When true, C<<$c->request->address>> will be checked at prepare time. If it is |
746 | not the same as the address that initiated the session, the session is deleted. |
9e447f9d |
747 | |
68fd02ae |
748 | =item flash_to_stash |
749 | |
750 | This option makes it easier to have actions behave the same whether they were |
751 | forwarded to or redirected to. On prepare time it copies the contents of |
752 | C<flash> (if any) to the stash. |
753 | |
9e447f9d |
754 | =back |
755 | |
756 | =head1 SPECIAL KEYS |
757 | |
758 | The hash reference returned by C<< $c->session >> contains several keys which |
759 | are automatically set: |
760 | |
761 | =over 4 |
762 | |
763 | =item __expires |
764 | |
ab634fee |
765 | This key no longer exists. Use C<session_expires> instead. |
9e447f9d |
766 | |
767 | =item __updated |
768 | |
d44bc687 |
769 | The last time a session was saved to the store. |
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770 | |
771 | =item __created |
772 | |
773 | The time when the session was first created. |
774 | |
775 | =item __address |
776 | |
777 | The value of C<< $c->request->address >> at the time the session was created. |
8c7e922c |
778 | This value is only populated if C<verify_address> is true in the configuration. |
9e447f9d |
779 | |
780 | =back |
781 | |
c80e9f04 |
782 | =head1 CAVEATS |
783 | |
a552e4b5 |
784 | =head2 Round the Robin Proxies |
785 | |
c80e9f04 |
786 | C<verify_address> could make your site inaccessible to users who are behind |
787 | load balanced proxies. Some ISPs may give a different IP to each request by the |
788 | same client due to this type of proxying. If addresses are verified these |
789 | users' sessions cannot persist. |
790 | |
791 | To let these users access your site you can either disable address verification |
792 | as a whole, or provide a checkbox in the login dialog that tells the server |
793 | that it's OK for the address of the client to change. When the server sees that |
794 | this box is checked it should delete the C<__address> sepcial key from the |
795 | session hash when the hash is first created. |
796 | |
a552e4b5 |
797 | =head2 Race Conditions |
798 | |
799 | In this day and age where cleaning detergents and dutch football (not the |
800 | american kind) teams roam the plains in great numbers, requests may happen |
801 | simultaneously. This means that there is some risk of session data being |
802 | overwritten, like this: |
803 | |
804 | =over 4 |
805 | |
806 | =item 1. |
807 | |
808 | request a starts, request b starts, with the same session id |
809 | |
810 | =item 2. |
811 | |
812 | session data is loaded in request a |
813 | |
814 | =item 3. |
815 | |
816 | session data is loaded in request b |
817 | |
818 | =item 4. |
819 | |
820 | session data is changed in request a |
821 | |
822 | =item 5. |
823 | |
824 | request a finishes, session data is updated and written to store |
825 | |
826 | =item 6. |
827 | |
828 | request b finishes, session data is updated and written to store, overwriting |
829 | changes by request a |
830 | |
831 | =back |
832 | |
833 | If this is a concern in your application, a soon to be developed locking |
834 | solution is the only safe way to go. This will have a bigger overhead. |
835 | |
836 | For applications where any given user is only making one request at a time this |
837 | plugin should be safe enough. |
838 | |
d45028d6 |
839 | =head1 AUTHORS |
840 | |
baa9db9c |
841 | =over 4 |
842 | |
843 | =item Andy Grundman |
844 | |
845 | =item Christian Hansen |
846 | |
847 | =item Yuval Kogman, C<nothingmuch@woobling.org> (current maintainer) |
848 | |
849 | =item Sebastian Riedel |
850 | |
851 | =back |
852 | |
853 | And countless other contributers from #catalyst. Thanks guys! |
d45028d6 |
854 | |
cc40ae4b |
855 | =head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE |
d45028d6 |
856 | |
857 | Copyright (c) 2005 the aforementioned authors. All rights |
858 | reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute |
859 | it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. |
860 | |
9e447f9d |
861 | =cut |
862 | |
863 | |