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<p><ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="SessionMiddleware"><code>SessionMiddleware</code></a> takes care of a few jobs:</p>
<ul>
<li>Instructs the session storage backend to create/update/delete/retrieve the state attached to
a session according to its status and the operations that have been performed against it;</li>
<li>Set/remove a cookie, on the client side, to enable a user to be consistently associated with
the same session across multiple HTTP requests.</li>
</ul>
<p>Use <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html#method.new"title="SessionMiddleware::new"><code>SessionMiddleware::new</code></a> to initialize the session framework using the default parameters.
To create a new instance of <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="SessionMiddleware"><code>SessionMiddleware</code></a> you need to provide:</p>
<ul>
<li>an instance of the session storage backend you wish to use (i.e. an implementation of
<p>If you want to customise use <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html#method.builder"><code>builder</code></a> instead of <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html#method.new"><code>new</code></a>:</p>
<p>To create a new instance of <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="SessionMiddleware"><code>SessionMiddleware</code></a> you need to provide:</p>
<ul>
<li>an instance of the session storage backend you wish to use (i.e. an implementation of
<p>It takes as input the two required inputs to create a new instance of <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="SessionMiddleware"><code>SessionMiddleware</code></a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>an instance of the session storage backend you wish to use (i.e. an implementation of
</div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype trait-impl has-srclink"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">Error</a> = Error</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Errors produced by the service.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Transform"class="associatedtype trait-impl has-srclink"><ahref="#associatedtype.Transform"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">Transform</a> = InnerSessionMiddleware<S, Store></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>The <code>TransformService</code> value created by this factory</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.InitError"class="associatedtype trait-impl has-srclink"><ahref="#associatedtype.InitError"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">InitError</a> = <aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.unit.html">()</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Errors produced while building a transform service.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Future"class="associatedtype trait-impl has-srclink"><ahref="#associatedtype.Future"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">Future</a> = Ready<<aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<<aclass="struct"href="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware">SessionMiddleware</a><Store> as Transform<S, ServiceRequest>>::Transform, <<aclass="struct"href="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware">SessionMiddleware</a><Store> as Transform<S, ServiceRequest>>::InitError>></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>The future response value.</p>
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</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-Borrow%3CT%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/borrow.rs.html#209">source</a></span><ahref="#impl-Borrow%3CT%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="anchor"></a><h3class="code-header in-band">impl<T><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/borrow/trait.Borrow.html"title="trait core::borrow::Borrow">Borrow</a><T> for T <spanclass="where fmt-newline">where<br> T: ?<aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/marker/trait.Sized.html"title="trait core::marker::Sized">Sized</a>, </span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.borrow"class="method trait-impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><spanclass="since"title="const unstable">const: <ahref="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/91522"title="Tracking issue for const_borrow">unstable</a></span> · <aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/borrow.rs.html#211">source</a></span><ahref="#method.borrow"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/borrow/trait.Borrow.html#tymethod.borrow"class="fnname">borrow</a>(&self) -><aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.reference.html">&</a>T</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Immutably borrows from an owned value. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/borrow/trait.Borrow.html#tymethod.borrow">Read more</a></p>
</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-BorrowMut%3CT%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/borrow.rs.html#218">source</a></span><ahref="#impl-BorrowMut%3CT%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="anchor"></a><h3class="code-header in-band">impl<T><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/borrow/trait.BorrowMut.html"title="trait core::borrow::BorrowMut">BorrowMut</a><T> for T <spanclass="where fmt-newline">where<br> T: ?<aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/marker/trait.Sized.html"title="trait core::marker::Sized">Sized</a>, </span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.borrow_mut"class="method trait-impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><spanclass="since"title="const unstable">const: <ahref="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/91522"title="Tracking issue for const_borrow">unstable</a></span> · <aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/borrow.rs.html#219">source</a></span><ahref="#method.borrow_mut"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/borrow/trait.BorrowMut.html#tymethod.borrow_mut"class="fnname">borrow_mut</a>(&mut self) -><aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.reference.html">&mut </a>T</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Mutably borrows from an owned value. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/borrow/trait.BorrowMut.html#tymethod.borrow_mut">Read more</a></p>
</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-From%3CT%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#557">source</a></span><ahref="#impl-From%3CT%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="anchor"></a><h3class="code-header in-band">impl<T><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.From.html"title="trait core::convert::From">From</a><T> for T</h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.from"class="method trait-impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><spanclass="since"title="const unstable">const: <ahref="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/88674"title="Tracking issue for const_convert">unstable</a></span> · <aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#559">source</a></span><ahref="#method.from"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.From.html#tymethod.from"class="fnname">from</a>(t: T) -> T</h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Returns the argument unchanged.</p>
</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-Instrument-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/src/tracing/instrument.rs.html#276">source</a></span><ahref="#impl-Instrument-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="anchor"></a><h3class="code-header in-band">impl<T><aclass="trait"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/instrument/trait.Instrument.html"title="trait tracing::instrument::Instrument">Instrument</a> for T</h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.instrument"class="method trait-impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/src/tracing/instrument.rs.html#82">source</a></span><ahref="#method.instrument"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/instrument/trait.Instrument.html#method.instrument"class="fnname">instrument</a>(self, span: <aclass="struct"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/span/struct.Span.html"title="struct tracing::span::Span">Span</a>) -><aclass="struct"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/instrument/struct.Instrumented.html"title="struct tracing::instrument::Instrumented">Instrumented</a><Self></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Instruments this type with the provided <ahref="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/span/struct.Span.html"title="Span"><code>Span</code></a>, returning an
</div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.in_current_span"class="method trait-impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/src/tracing/instrument.rs.html#121">source</a></span><ahref="#method.in_current_span"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/instrument/trait.Instrument.html#method.in_current_span"class="fnname">in_current_span</a>(self) -><aclass="struct"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/instrument/struct.Instrumented.html"title="struct tracing::instrument::Instrumented">Instrumented</a><Self></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Instruments this type with the <ahref="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/span/struct.Span.html#method.current">current</a><ahref="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/span/struct.Span.html"><code>Span</code></a>, returning an
</div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.to_owned"class="method trait-impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/alloc/borrow.rs.html#88">source</a></span><ahref="#method.to_owned"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#tymethod.to_owned"class="fnname">to_owned</a>(&self) -> T</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Creates owned data from borrowed data, usually by cloning. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#tymethod.to_owned">Read more</a></p>
</div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.clone_into"class="method trait-impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/alloc/borrow.rs.html#92">source</a></span><ahref="#method.clone_into"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#method.clone_into"class="fnname">clone_into</a>(&self, target: <aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.reference.html">&mut </a>T)</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Uses borrowed data to replace owned data, usually by cloning. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#method.clone_into">Read more</a></p>
</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-TryFrom%3CU%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#598">source</a></span><ahref="#impl-TryFrom%3CU%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="anchor"></a><h3class="code-header in-band">impl<T, U><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><U> for T <spanclass="where fmt-newline">where<br> U: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.Into.html"title="trait core::convert::Into">Into</a><T>, </span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Error-1"class="associatedtype trait-impl has-srclink"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error-1"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype">Error</a> = <aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/enum.Infallible.html"title="enum core::convert::Infallible">Infallible</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>The type returned in the event of a conversion error.</p>
</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-TryInto%3CU%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#583">source</a></span><ahref="#impl-TryInto%3CU%3E-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="anchor"></a><h3class="code-header in-band">impl<T, U><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html"title="trait core::convert::TryInto">TryInto</a><U> for T <spanclass="where fmt-newline">where<br> U: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>, </span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Error-2"class="associatedtype trait-impl has-srclink"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error-2"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html#associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype">Error</a> = <U as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"title="type core::convert::TryFrom::Error">Error</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>The type returned in the event of a conversion error.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="rustdoc-toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.with_current_subscriber"class="method trait-impl has-srclink"><spanclass="rightside"><aclass="srclink"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/src/tracing/instrument.rs.html#221">source</a></span><ahref="#method.with_current_subscriber"class="anchor"></a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/instrument/trait.WithSubscriber.html#method.with_current_subscriber"class="fnname">with_current_subscriber</a>(self) -><aclass="struct"href="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/instrument/struct.WithDispatch.html"title="struct tracing::instrument::WithDispatch">WithDispatch</a><Self></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'><p>Attaches the current <ahref="https://docs.rs/tracing/0.1.35/tracing/dispatcher/index.html#setting-the-default-subscriber">default</a><ahref="https://docs.rs/tracing-core/0.1.22/tracing_core/subscriber/trait.Subscriber.html"><code>Subscriber</code></a> to this type, returning a