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+#
+# cgi/session.rb - session support for cgi scripts
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2001 Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
+# Copyright (C) 2000 Network Applied Communication Laboratory, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
+#
+# Author: Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
+#
+# Documentation: William Webber (william@williamwebber.com)
+
+require 'cgi'
+require 'tmpdir'
+
+class CGI
+
+ # == Overview
+ #
+ # This file provides the CGI::Session class, which provides session
+ # support for CGI scripts. A session is a sequence of HTTP requests
+ # and responses linked together and associated with a single client.
+ # Information associated with the session is stored
+ # on the server between requests. A session id is passed between client
+ # and server with every request and response, transparently
+ # to the user. This adds state information to the otherwise stateless
+ # HTTP request/response protocol.
+ #
+ # == Lifecycle
+ #
+ # A CGI::Session instance is created from a CGI object. By default,
+ # this CGI::Session instance will start a new session if none currently
+ # exists, or continue the current session for this client if one does
+ # exist. The +new_session+ option can be used to either always or
+ # never create a new session. See #new() for more details.
+ #
+ # #delete() deletes a session from session storage. It
+ # does not however remove the session id from the client. If the client
+ # makes another request with the same id, the effect will be to start
+ # a new session with the old session's id.
+ #
+ # == Setting and retrieving session data.
+ #
+ # The Session class associates data with a session as key-value pairs.
+ # This data can be set and retrieved by indexing the Session instance
+ # using '[]', much the same as hashes (although other hash methods
+ # are not supported).
+ #
+ # When session processing has been completed for a request, the
+ # session should be closed using the close() method. This will
+ # store the session's state to persistent storage. If you want
+ # to store the session's state to persistent storage without
+ # finishing session processing for this request, call the update()
+ # method.
+ #
+ # == Storing session state
+ #
+ # The caller can specify what form of storage to use for the session's
+ # data with the +database_manager+ option to CGI::Session::new. The
+ # following storage classes are provided as part of the standard library:
+ #
+ # CGI::Session::FileStore:: stores data as plain text in a flat file. Only
+ # works with String data. This is the default
+ # storage type.
+ # CGI::Session::MemoryStore:: stores data in an in-memory hash. The data
+ # only persists for as long as the current ruby
+ # interpreter instance does.
+ # CGI::Session::PStore:: stores data in Marshalled format. Provided by
+ # cgi/session/pstore.rb. Supports data of any type,
+ # and provides file-locking and transaction support.
+ #
+ # Custom storage types can also be created by defining a class with
+ # the following methods:
+ #
+ # new(session, options)
+ # restore # returns hash of session data.
+ # update
+ # close
+ # delete
+ #
+ # Changing storage type mid-session does not work. Note in particular
+ # that by default the FileStore and PStore session data files have the
+ # same name. If your application switches from one to the other without
+ # making sure that filenames will be different
+ # and clients still have old sessions lying around in cookies, then
+ # things will break nastily!
+ #
+ # == Maintaining the session id.
+ #
+ # Most session state is maintained on the server. However, a session
+ # id must be passed backwards and forwards between client and server
+ # to maintain a reference to this session state.
+ #
+ # The simplest way to do this is via cookies. The CGI::Session class
+ # provides transparent support for session id communication via cookies
+ # if the client has cookies enabled.
+ #
+ # If the client has cookies disabled, the session id must be included
+ # as a parameter of all requests sent by the client to the server. The
+ # CGI::Session class in conjunction with the CGI class will transparently
+ # add the session id as a hidden input field to all forms generated
+ # using the CGI#form() HTML generation method. No built-in support is
+ # provided for other mechanisms, such as URL re-writing. The caller is
+ # responsible for extracting the session id from the session_id
+ # attribute and manually encoding it in URLs and adding it as a hidden
+ # input to HTML forms created by other mechanisms. Also, session expiry
+ # is not automatically handled.
+ #
+ # == Examples of use
+ #
+ # === Setting the user's name
+ #
+ # require 'cgi'
+ # require 'cgi/session'
+ # require 'cgi/session/pstore' # provides CGI::Session::PStore
+ #
+ # cgi = CGI.new("html4")
+ #
+ # session = CGI::Session.new(cgi,
+ # 'database_manager' => CGI::Session::PStore, # use PStore
+ # 'session_key' => '_rb_sess_id', # custom session key
+ # 'session_expires' => Time.now + 30 * 60, # 30 minute timeout
+ # 'prefix' => 'pstore_sid_') # PStore option
+ # if cgi.has_key?('user_name') and cgi['user_name'] != ''
+ # # coerce to String: cgi[] returns the
+ # # string-like CGI::QueryExtension::Value
+ # session['user_name'] = cgi['user_name'].to_s
+ # elsif !session['user_name']
+ # session['user_name'] = "guest"
+ # end
+ # session.close
+ #
+ # === Creating a new session safely
+ #
+ # require 'cgi'
+ # require 'cgi/session'
+ #
+ # cgi = CGI.new("html4")
+ #
+ # # We make sure to delete an old session if one exists,
+ # # not just to free resources, but to prevent the session
+ # # from being maliciously hijacked later on.
+ # begin
+ # session = CGI::Session.new(cgi, 'new_session' => false)
+ # session.delete
+ # rescue ArgumentError # if no old session
+ # end
+ # session = CGI::Session.new(cgi, 'new_session' => true)
+ # session.close
+ #
+ class Session
+
+ class NoSession < RuntimeError #:nodoc:
+ end
+
+ # The id of this session.
+ attr_reader :session_id, :new_session
+
+ def Session::callback(dbman) #:nodoc:
+ Proc.new{
+ dbman[0].close unless dbman.empty?
+ }
+ end
+
+ # Create a new session id.
+ #
+ # The session id is an MD5 hash based upon the time,
+ # a random number, and a constant string. This routine
+ # is used internally for automatically generated
+ # session ids.
+ def create_new_id
+ require 'securerandom'
+ begin
+ session_id = SecureRandom.hex(16)
+ rescue NotImplementedError
+ require 'digest/md5'
+ md5 = Digest::MD5::new
+ now = Time::now
+ md5.update(now.to_s)
+ md5.update(String(now.usec))
+ md5.update(String(rand(0)))
+ md5.update(String($$))
+ md5.update('foobar')
+ session_id = md5.hexdigest
+ end
+ session_id
+ end
+ private :create_new_id
+
+ # Create a new CGI::Session object for +request+.
+ #
+ # +request+ is an instance of the +CGI+ class (see cgi.rb).
+ # +option+ is a hash of options for initialising this
+ # CGI::Session instance. The following options are
+ # recognised:
+ #
+ # session_key:: the parameter name used for the session id.
+ # Defaults to '_session_id'.
+ # session_id:: the session id to use. If not provided, then
+ # it is retrieved from the +session_key+ parameter
+ # of the request, or automatically generated for
+ # a new session.
+ # new_session:: if true, force creation of a new session. If not set,
+ # a new session is only created if none currently
+ # exists. If false, a new session is never created,
+ # and if none currently exists and the +session_id+
+ # option is not set, an ArgumentError is raised.
+ # database_manager:: the name of the class providing storage facilities
+ # for session state persistence. Built-in support
+ # is provided for +FileStore+ (the default),
+ # +MemoryStore+, and +PStore+ (from
+ # cgi/session/pstore.rb). See the documentation for
+ # these classes for more details.
+ #
+ # The following options are also recognised, but only apply if the
+ # session id is stored in a cookie.
+ #
+ # session_expires:: the time the current session expires, as a
+ # +Time+ object. If not set, the session will terminate
+ # when the user's browser is closed.
+ # session_domain:: the hostname domain for which this session is valid.
+ # If not set, defaults to the hostname of the server.
+ # session_secure:: if +true+, this session will only work over HTTPS.
+ # session_path:: the path for which this session applies. Defaults
+ # to the directory of the CGI script.
+ #
+ # +option+ is also passed on to the session storage class initializer; see
+ # the documentation for each session storage class for the options
+ # they support.
+ #
+ # The retrieved or created session is automatically added to +request+
+ # as a cookie, and also to its +output_hidden+ table, which is used
+ # to add hidden input elements to forms.
+ #
+ # *WARNING* the +output_hidden+
+ # fields are surrounded by a <fieldset> tag in HTML 4 generation, which
+ # is _not_ invisible on many browsers; you may wish to disable the
+ # use of fieldsets with code similar to the following
+ # (see http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-list/37805)
+ #
+ # cgi = CGI.new("html4")
+ # class << cgi
+ # undef_method :fieldset
+ # end
+ #
+ def initialize(request, option={})
+ @new_session = false
+ session_key = option['session_key'] || '_session_id'
+ session_id = option['session_id']
+ unless session_id
+ if option['new_session']
+ session_id = create_new_id
+ @new_session = true
+ end
+ end
+ unless session_id
+ if request.key?(session_key)
+ session_id = request[session_key]
+ session_id = session_id.read if session_id.respond_to?(:read)
+ end
+ unless session_id
+ session_id, = request.cookies[session_key]
+ end
+ unless session_id
+ unless option.fetch('new_session', true)
+ raise ArgumentError, "session_key `%s' should be supplied"%session_key
+ end
+ session_id = create_new_id
+ @new_session = true
+ end
+ end
+ @session_id = session_id
+ dbman = option['database_manager'] || FileStore
+ begin
+ @dbman = dbman::new(self, option)
+ rescue NoSession
+ unless option.fetch('new_session', true)
+ raise ArgumentError, "invalid session_id `%s'"%session_id
+ end
+ session_id = @session_id = create_new_id unless session_id
+ @new_session=true
+ retry
+ end
+ request.instance_eval do
+ @output_hidden = {session_key => session_id} unless option['no_hidden']
+ @output_cookies = [
+ Cookie::new("name" => session_key,
+ "value" => session_id,
+ "expires" => option['session_expires'],
+ "domain" => option['session_domain'],
+ "secure" => option['session_secure'],
+ "path" =>
+ if option['session_path']
+ option['session_path']
+ elsif ENV["SCRIPT_NAME"]
+ File::dirname(ENV["SCRIPT_NAME"])
+ else
+ ""
+ end)
+ ] unless option['no_cookies']
+ end
+ @dbprot = [@dbman]
+ ObjectSpace::define_finalizer(self, Session::callback(@dbprot))
+ end
+
+ # Retrieve the session data for key +key+.
+ def [](key)
+ @data ||= @dbman.restore
+ @data[key]
+ end
+
+ # Set the session date for key +key+.
+ def []=(key, val)
+ @write_lock ||= true
+ @data ||= @dbman.restore
+ @data[key] = val
+ end
+
+ # Store session data on the server. For some session storage types,
+ # this is a no-op.
+ def update
+ @dbman.update
+ end
+
+ # Store session data on the server and close the session storage.
+ # For some session storage types, this is a no-op.
+ def close
+ @dbman.close
+ @dbprot.clear
+ end
+
+ # Delete the session from storage. Also closes the storage.
+ #
+ # Note that the session's data is _not_ automatically deleted
+ # upon the session expiring.
+ def delete
+ @dbman.delete
+ @dbprot.clear
+ end
+
+ # File-based session storage class.
+ #
+ # Implements session storage as a flat file of 'key=value' values.
+ # This storage type only works directly with String values; the
+ # user is responsible for converting other types to Strings when
+ # storing and from Strings when retrieving.
+ class FileStore
+ # Create a new FileStore instance.
+ #
+ # This constructor is used internally by CGI::Session. The
+ # user does not generally need to call it directly.
+ #
+ # +session+ is the session for which this instance is being
+ # created. The session id must only contain alphanumeric
+ # characters; automatically generated session ids observe
+ # this requirement.
+ #
+ # +option+ is a hash of options for the initializer. The
+ # following options are recognised:
+ #
+ # tmpdir:: the directory to use for storing the FileStore
+ # file. Defaults to Dir::tmpdir (generally "/tmp"
+ # on Unix systems).
+ # prefix:: the prefix to add to the session id when generating
+ # the filename for this session's FileStore file.
+ # Defaults to "cgi_sid_".
+ # suffix:: the prefix to add to the session id when generating
+ # the filename for this session's FileStore file.
+ # Defaults to the empty string.
+ #
+ # This session's FileStore file will be created if it does
+ # not exist, or opened if it does.
+ def initialize(session, option={})
+ dir = option['tmpdir'] || Dir::tmpdir
+ prefix = option['prefix'] || 'cgi_sid_'
+ suffix = option['suffix'] || ''
+ id = session.session_id
+ require 'digest/md5'
+ md5 = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(id)[0,16]
+ @path = dir+"/"+prefix+md5+suffix
+ if File::exist? @path
+ @hash = nil
+ else
+ unless session.new_session
+ raise CGI::Session::NoSession, "uninitialized session"
+ end
+ @hash = {}
+ end
+ end
+
+ # Restore session state from the session's FileStore file.
+ #
+ # Returns the session state as a hash.
+ def restore
+ unless @hash
+ @hash = {}
+ begin
+ lockf = File.open(@path+".lock", "r")
+ lockf.flock File::LOCK_SH
+ f = File.open(@path, 'r')
+ for line in f
+ line.chomp!
+ k, v = line.split('=',2)
+ @hash[CGI::unescape(k)] = Marshal.restore(CGI::unescape(v))
+ end
+ ensure
+ f.close unless f.nil?
+ lockf.close if lockf
+ end
+ end
+ @hash
+ end
+
+ # Save session state to the session's FileStore file.
+ def update
+ return unless @hash
+ begin
+ lockf = File.open(@path+".lock", File::CREAT|File::RDWR, 0600)
+ lockf.flock File::LOCK_EX
+ f = File.open(@path+".new", File::CREAT|File::TRUNC|File::WRONLY, 0600)
+ for k,v in @hash
+ f.printf "%s=%s\n", CGI::escape(k), CGI::escape(String(Marshal.dump(v)))
+ end
+ f.close
+ File.rename @path+".new", @path
+ ensure
+ f.close if f and !f.closed?
+ lockf.close if lockf
+ end
+ end
+
+ # Update and close the session's FileStore file.
+ def close
+ update
+ end
+
+ # Close and delete the session's FileStore file.
+ def delete
+ File::unlink @path+".lock" rescue nil
+ File::unlink @path+".new" rescue nil
+ File::unlink @path rescue Errno::ENOENT
+ end
+ end
+
+ # In-memory session storage class.
+ #
+ # Implements session storage as a global in-memory hash. Session
+ # data will only persist for as long as the ruby interpreter
+ # instance does.
+ class MemoryStore
+ GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE = {} #:nodoc:
+
+ # Create a new MemoryStore instance.
+ #
+ # +session+ is the session this instance is associated with.
+ # +option+ is a list of initialisation options. None are
+ # currently recognised.
+ def initialize(session, option=nil)
+ @session_id = session.session_id
+ unless GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE.key?(@session_id)
+ unless session.new_session
+ raise CGI::Session::NoSession, "uninitialized session"
+ end
+ GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE[@session_id] = {}
+ end
+ end
+
+ # Restore session state.
+ #
+ # Returns session data as a hash.
+ def restore
+ GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE[@session_id]
+ end
+
+ # Update session state.
+ #
+ # A no-op.
+ def update
+ # don't need to update; hash is shared
+ end
+
+ # Close session storage.
+ #
+ # A no-op.
+ def close
+ # don't need to close
+ end
+
+ # Delete the session state.
+ def delete
+ GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE.delete(@session_id)
+ end
+ end
+
+ # Dummy session storage class.
+ #
+ # Implements session storage place holder. No actual storage
+ # will be done.
+ class NullStore
+ # Create a new NullStore instance.
+ #
+ # +session+ is the session this instance is associated with.
+ # +option+ is a list of initialisation options. None are
+ # currently recognised.
+ def initialize(session, option=nil)
+ end
+
+ # Restore (empty) session state.
+ def restore
+ {}
+ end
+
+ # Update session state.
+ #
+ # A no-op.
+ def update
+ end
+
+ # Close session storage.
+ #
+ # A no-op.
+ def close
+ end
+
+ # Delete the session state.
+ #
+ # A no-op.
+ def delete
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end