fiber/middleware/session

Session

Session middleware for Fiber.

NOTE: This middleware uses our Storage package to support various databases through a single interface. The default configuration for this middleware saves data to memory, see the examples below for other databases.

Table of Contents

• Session
  • Table of Contents
  • Signatures
    • Examples
    • Default Configuration
    • Custom Storage/Database
  • Config
  • Default Config

Signatures

func New(config ...Config) *Store
func (s *Store) RegisterType(i any)
func (s *Store) Get(c fiber.Ctx) (*Session, error)
func (s *Store) Reset() error

func (s *Session) Get(key string) any
func (s *Session) Set(key string, val any)
func (s *Session) Delete(key string)
func (s *Session) Destroy() error
func (s *Session) Regenerate() error
func (s *Session) Save() error
func (s *Session) Fresh() bool
func (s *Session) ID() string
func (s *Session) Keys() []string
func (s *Session) SetExpiry(time.Duration) 

⚠ Storing any values are limited to built-ins Go types

Examples

Import the middleware package that is part of the Fiber web framework

import (
  "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3"
  "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3/middleware/session"
)

Then create a Fiber app with app := fiber.New().

Default Configuration

// This stores all of your app's sessions
// Default middleware config
store := session.New()

// This panic will be catch by the middleware
app.Get("/", func(c fiber.Ctx) error {
	// Get session from storage
	sess, err := store.Get(c)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// Get value
	name := sess.Get("name")

	// Set key/value
	sess.Set("name", "john")

	// Get all Keys
	keys := sess.Keys()

	// Delete key
	sess.Delete("name")

	// Destroy session
	if err := sess.Destroy(); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// Sets a specific expiration for this session
	sess.SetExpiry(time.Second * 2)

	// Save session
	if err := sess.Save(); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	return c.SendString(fmt.Sprintf("Welcome %v", name))
})

Custom Storage/Database

You can use any storage from our storage package.

storage := sqlite3.New() // From github.com/gofiber/storage/sqlite3
store := session.New(session.Config{
	Storage: storage,
})

To use the the store, see the above example.

Config

// Config defines the config for middleware.
type Config struct {
	// Allowed session duration
	// Optional. Default value 24 * time.Hour
	Expiration time.Duration

	// Storage interface to store the session data
	// Optional. Default value memory.New()
	Storage fiber.Storage

	// KeyLookup is a string in the form of "<source>:<name>" that is used
	// to extract session id from the request.
	// Possible values: "header:<name>", "query:<name>" or "cookie:<name>"
	// Optional. Default value "cookie:session_id".
	KeyLookup string

	// Domain of the cookie.
	// Optional. Default value "".
	CookieDomain string

	// Path of the cookie.
	// Optional. Default value "".
	CookiePath string

	// Indicates if cookie is secure.
	// Optional. Default value false.
	CookieSecure bool

	// Indicates if cookie is HTTP only.
	// Optional. Default value false.
	CookieHTTPOnly bool

	// Sets the cookie SameSite attribute.
	// Optional. Default value "Lax".
	CookieSameSite string

	// KeyGenerator generates the session key.
	// Optional. Default value utils.UUID
	KeyGenerator func() string

	// Deprecated, please use KeyLookup
	CookieName string

	// Source defines where to obtain the session id
	source      Source

	// The session name
	sessionName string
}

Default Config

var ConfigDefault = Config{
	Expiration:   24 * time.Hour,
	KeyLookup:    "cookie:session_id",
	KeyGenerator: utils.UUID,
}