module ActionController #:nodoc: # Cookies are read and written through ActionController#cookies. # # The cookies being read are the ones received along with the request, the cookies # being written will be sent out with the response. Reading a cookie does not get # the cookie object itself back, just the value it holds. # # Examples for writing: # # # Sets a simple session cookie. # cookies[:user_name] = "david" # # # Sets a cookie that expires in 1 hour. # cookies[:login] = { :value => "XJ-122", :expires => 1.hour.from_now } # # Examples for reading: # # cookies[:user_name] # => "david" # cookies.size # => 2 # # Example for deleting: # # cookies.delete :user_name # # Please note that if you specify a :domain when setting a cookie, you must also specify the domain when deleting the cookie: # # cookies[:key] = { # :value => 'a yummy cookie', # :expires => 1.year.from_now, # :domain => 'domain.com' # } # # cookies.delete(:key, :domain => 'domain.com') # # The option symbols for setting cookies are: # # * :value - The cookie's value or list of values (as an array). # * :path - The path for which this cookie applies. Defaults to the root # of the application. # * :domain - The domain for which this cookie applies. # * :expires - The time at which this cookie expires, as a Time object. # * :secure - Whether this cookie is a only transmitted to HTTPS servers. # Default is +false+. # * :httponly - Whether this cookie is accessible via scripting or # only HTTP. Defaults to +false+. module Cookies def self.included(base) base.helper_method :cookies end protected # Returns the cookie container, which operates as described above. def cookies CookieJar.new(self) end end class CookieJar < Hash #:nodoc: def initialize(controller) @controller, @cookies = controller, controller.request.cookies super() update(@cookies) end # Returns the value of the cookie by +name+, or +nil+ if no such cookie exists. def [](name) super(name.to_s) end # Sets the cookie named +name+. The second argument may be the very cookie # value, or a hash of options as documented above. def []=(key, options) if options.is_a?(Hash) options.symbolize_keys! else options = { :value => options } end options[:path] = "/" unless options.has_key?(:path) super(key.to_s, options[:value]) @controller.response.set_cookie(key, options) end # Removes the cookie on the client machine by setting the value to an empty string # and setting its expiration date into the past. Like []=, you can pass in # an options hash to delete cookies with extra data such as a :path. def delete(key, options = {}) options.symbolize_keys! options[:path] = "/" unless options.has_key?(:path) super(key.to_s) @controller.response.delete_cookie(key, options) end end end