https://github.com/mbr/flask-kvsession

A drop-in replacement for Flask's session handling using server-side sessions.
https://github.com/mbr/flask-kvsession

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A drop-in replacement for Flask's session handling using server-side sessions.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mbr/flask-kvsession
• Owner: mbr
• License: mit
• Created: 2011-07-05T13:41:32.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-11-21T19:15:21.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-24T21:08:32.762Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://pythonhosted.org/Flask-KVSession/
• Size: 516 KB
• Stars: 168
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 52
• Open Issues: 15
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: LICENSE

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Flask-KVSession

===============

Flask-KVSession is an `MIT-licensed

`_ server-side

session replacement for `Flask `_'s signed

client-based session management. Instead of storing data on the client, only a

securely generated ID is stored on the client, while the actual session data

resides on the server.

This has two major advantages:

* Clients no longer see the session information

* It is possible to securely destroy sessions to protect against replay

  attacks.

Other things are possible with server side session that are impossible with

clients side sessions, like inspecting and manipulating data in absence of the

client.

Flask-KVSession uses the `simplekv `_-package

for storing session data on a variety of backends, including `redis

`_, `memcached `_, SQL databases using

`SQLAlchemy `_, `mongoDB `_ or

just flat files.

Integration with Flask is seamless, once the extension is loaded for a Flask

application, it transparently replaces Flask's own Session management. Any

application working with sessions should work the same with Flask-KVSession

(if it does not, file a bug!).

Documentation and development

-----------------------------

Development `happens on github `_,

you can find the `documentation on PyPI

`_.