Class Session

A persistent user session.

A 'Session' object represents an ongoing user interaction with the web server.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, request, user_id, expiration_timeout=21600)
Create a new session.

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Touch(self)
Update the last access time on the session to now.

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GetId(self)
Return the session ID.

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GetUserId(self)
Return the ID of the user who owns this session.

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GetUser(self)
Return the user record for the owning user.

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IsDefaultUser(self)
Return true if the owning user is the default user.

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IsExpired(self)
Return true if this session has expired.

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Validate(self, request)
Make sure the session is OK for a request.

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Method Details

Create a new session.

'request' -- A 'WebRequest' object in response to which this session is created.

'user_id' -- The ID of the user owning the session.

'expiration_timeout -- The expiration time, in seconds. If a session is not accessed for this duration, it is expired and no longer usable.

Return the user record for the owning user.

returns -- A 'qm.user.User' object.

Make sure the session is OK for a request.

'request' -- A 'WebRequest' object.

raises -- 'InvalidSessionError' if the session is invalid for the request.