Re: mod_ruby Apache::* tutorial

On Friday 02 June 2006 10:36 am, Mat Schaffer wrote:

> Is there anyone working on a cleaner way to access these things?
> Having to do cookies via manual header lines is a pretty significant
> barrier to entry, IMHO.

Take a look at WEBrick::Cookie.  It lives under the WEBrick namespace, but is 
not coupled with WEBrick; it can be used independently.

require 'webrick/cookie'
#
# misc stuff
#
# Set a cookie
cookie = WEBrick::Cookie.new('user_id','12345')
cookie.expires = Time.now + (86400 * 30)
cookie.path = '/'
request.headers_out['Set-Cookie'] = cookie.to_s

# Read cookies
cookies = WEBrick::Cookie.parse(request.headers_in['Cookie'])


It's a very, very short jump from there to a library encapsulating cookie 
handling for mod_ruby into something simpler, yet.  Extend Apache::Request, 
maybe?

cookies = request.cookies
request.cookie = cookie
request.cookie = {:key => 'user_id', :value => @user_id, :path => 
'/', :expires => Time.now + 86400 * 30}

Something like that.  I'll write it later today if I get less busy, if nobody 
beats me to it.


Kirk Haines