Session Module

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This XQuery Module contains functions for handling session information on an HTTP request that has triggered the query. This module is mainly useful in the context of Web Applications.

Conventions

All functions in this module are assigned to the http://basex.org/modules/session namespace, which must be dynamically imported. In this documentation, the namespace is bound to the session prefix.

Functions

session:id

Signatures request:id() as xs:string
Summary Returns the session ID of a servlet request.
Examples The following RESTXQ function can be called via http://localhost:8984/restxq/id:
module namespace test = 'http://basex.org/examples/test';
import module namespace request = "http://exquery.org/ns/restxq/request";
declare
  %restxq:path("/id")
  function test:id()
{
  'ID: ' || request:session-id()
};

session:attribute

Signatures request:attribute($key as xs:string) as xs:string?
Summary Returns the value of an attribute bound to the current session, or an empty sequence if no value was bound.
Examples The following RESTXQ function can e.g. be called via http://localhost:8984/restxq/get?key=user:
module namespace test = 'http://basex.org/examples/test';
import module namespace request = "http://exquery.org/ns/restxq/request";
declare
  %restxq:path("/get")
  %restxq:query-param("key", "{$key}", "")
  %restxq:request("{$req}")
  function test:get($req, $key)
{
  'Value of ' || $key || ': ' || request:get-attribute($req, $key)
};

session:update-attribute

Signatures request:update-attribute($key as xs:string, $value as xs:string) as empty-sequence()
Summary Binds an attribute with the specified value to the current session.
Examples The following RESTXQ function can e.g. be called via http://localhost:8984/restxq/set?key=user&value=john:
module namespace test = 'http://basex.org/examples/test';
import module namespace request = "http://exquery.org/ns/restxq/request";
declare
  %restxq:path("/set")
  %restxq:query-param("key", "{$key}", "")
  %restxq:query-param("value", "{$value}", "")
  %restxq:request("{$req}")
  function test:set($req, $key, $value)
{
  request:set-attribute($req, $key, $value),
  'Attribute was set.'
};

Changelog

This module was introduced with Version 7.5.