Accessing session data using session_id

Posted by Akhil Bansal
December 8, 2006

This is the very rare case but some times we need to access the data stored in session through session_id(specially when the request is not coming from browser). Here is a way I found and like to share:

@user=CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore::Session.find_by_session_id(@session_id).data[:user]

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Information: December 8th, 2006; 10 Responses

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Comment Number:: 1
Written by:: zickzackv
Posted on:: April 10, 2007 at 9:57 pm

This was the line a realy needed. Thanks so much.

Comment Number:: 2
Written by:: infrid
Posted on:: May 10, 2007 at 4:58 pm

Great stuff. Many thanks!

Comment Number:: 3
Written by:: Amit
Posted on:: September 11, 2007 at 1:48 pm

Thanks a lot mate

Comment Number:: 4
Written by:: bob
Posted on:: January 3, 2008 at 8:41 am

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Comment Number:: 5
Written by:: gauda
Posted on:: April 3, 2008 at 5:15 pm

thanks for sharing dude!

Comment Number:: 6
Written by:: Tuscon
Posted on:: April 25, 2008 at 5:52 am

thanks for the great info

Comment Number:: 7
Written by:: schools
Posted on:: April 26, 2008 at 12:03 am

great rails

Comment Number:: 8
Written by:: Travel
Posted on:: October 12, 2008 at 7:13 am

Thanks for sharing, i would not have enjoyed figuring this out myself.

Comment Number:: 9
Written by:: SBA
Posted on:: February 23, 2009 at 4:10 am

Enjoyed the read, will bookmark.

Comment Number:: 10
Written by:: Andy
Posted on:: June 16, 2009 at 8:47 am

It’s good to receive the data from a specific session id, but in my case, the current session id keeps changing because there is no cookie enabled in my browser. The session database (I set the sessions to be stored in database) is full of useless sessions since the new request will receive a new session id. Is there a way to reuse the current session id in a new request without cookie? Thnx.

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