""" Tutorial - Sessions Storing session data in CherryPy applications is very easy: cherrypy.request provides a dictionary called sessionMap that represents the session data for the current user. If you use RAM based sessions, you can store any kind of object into that dictionary; otherwise, you are limited to objects that can be pickled. """ import cherrypy class HitCounter: def index(self): # Increase the silly hit counter count = cherrypy.session.get('count', 0) + 1 # Store the new value in the session dictionary cherrypy.session['count'] = count # And display a silly hit count message! return ''' During your current session, you've viewed this page %s times! Your life is a patio of fun! ''' % count index.exposed = True cherrypy.root = HitCounter() cherrypy.config.update({'session_filter.on': True}) if __name__ == '__main__': cherrypy.config.update(file = 'tutorial.conf') cherrypy.server.start()