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NAME

Dancer::Session::Redis - Redis backend for Dancer Session Engine

VERSION

version 0.22

SYNOPSIS

    # in the Dancer config.yml:
    session: 'Redis'
    redis_session:
        sock: '/var/run/redis.sock'
        password: 'QmG_kZECJAvAcDaWqqSqoNLUka5v3unMe_8sqYMh6ST'
        database: 1
        expire: 3600
        debug: 0

    # or in the Dancer application:
    setting redis_session => {
        server   => 'redi.example.com:6379',
        password => 'QmG_kZECJAvAcDaWqqSqoNLUka5v3unMe_8sqYMh6ST',
        database => 1,
        expire   => 3600,
        debug    => 0,
    };
    setting session => 'Redis';

DESCRIPTION

This module is a Redis backend for the session engine of Dancer application. This module is a descendant of Dancer::Session::Abstract. A simple demo apllication might be found in the eg/ directory of this distribution.

CONFIGURATION

In order to use this session engine, you have to set up a few settings (in the app or app's configuration file).

session

Set the vaue Redis. Required parameter.

redis_session

Settings for backend.

server

Hostname and port of the redis-server instance which will be used to store session data. This one is required unless sock is defined.

sock

unix socket path of the redis-server instance which will be used to store session data.

password

Password string for redis-server's AUTH command to processing any other commands. Optional. Check the redis-server manual for directive requirepass if you would to use redis internal authentication.

database

Database # to store session data. Optional. Default value is 0.

expire

Session TTL. Optional. Default value is 900 (seconds).

debug

Enables debug information to STDERR, including all interactions with the redis-server. Optional. Default value is 0.

METHODS

init

Validate settings and creates the initial connection to redis-server.

redis

Returns connection handle to the redis instance. Also establish new connection in case of dead handle.

create

Creates a new object, runs flush and returns the object.

flush

Writes the session information to the Redis database.

retrieve

Retrieves session information from the Redis database.

destroy

Deletes session information from the Redis database.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at https://github.com/Wu-Wu/Dancer-Session-Redis/issues

SEE ALSO

Dancer

Dancer::Session

Storable

Redis

redis.io

AUTHOR

Anton Gerasimov <chim@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Anton Gerasimov.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.