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I need to set a variable on session, when a user login happens. How can I do this? if request.user.is_authenticated(): profile = request.user.get_profile() request.session['idempresa'] = pr...
Apr 1, 2010 · Assuming you want database based sessions (Django also offers file based sessions, and cache based sessions): Open settings.py and find MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES. Add 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware' to the list. Find INSTALLED_APPS in the same file and add 'django.contrib.sessions' there. Run manage.py syncdb from the command line.
Add 'django.contrib.sessions', line in INSTALLED_APPS. Run below commands from django shell. python manage.py makemigrations #check for changes python manage.py migrate #apply changes in DbSQLite python manage.py syncdb #sync with database django_session will appear in database with (session_key, session_data , expire_date)
Mar 31, 2010 · If I set a session variable in Django, like: request.session["name"] = "name" Is there a way I can access it from within a template, or do I have to retrieve it from within a view, and then pass...
Feb 12, 2013 · The middleware code below is not working in Django 1.6 and above version because of json serializable. To make it work in all versions of Django, put the session serializer. settings.py. #Handle session is not Json Serializable SESSION_SERIALIZER = 'django.contrib.sessions.serializers.PickleSerializer' The above sample of serializer is for ...
Jul 3, 2023 · If django doesn't provide a public API to obtain the session key, it simply means you aren't supposed to use that key. I can't tell you more without knowing what exactly you are trying to do but then it's probably a field for separate question.
Aug 4, 2016 · The Django documentation states (emphasis from me): Clearing the session store. As users create new sessions on your website, session data can accumulate in your session store. If you’re using the database backend, the django_session database table will grow. If you’re using the file backend, your temporary directory will contain an ...
Mar 15, 2013 · from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session from importlib import import_module from django.contrib.auth.middleware import get_user from django.http import HttpRequest engine = import_module(settings.SESSION_ENGINE) SessionStore = engine.SessionStore session = SessionStore(sessionid) request = HttpRequest() request.session = session user ...
Oct 19, 2016 · Note that the session cookie is only sent when a session has been created or modified. If SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST is True, the session cookie will be sent on every request. Similarly, the expires part of a session cookie is updated each time the session cookie is sent. django manual 1.10
Cool thing about this is that if you want to store a lot of data tied to a user's session, storing it all in cookies will add a lot of weight to HTTP requests and responses. With sessions the session cookie is all that is sent back and forth (though there is the overhead on Django's end of storing the session data to keep in mind).
