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Session Management

SessionManager provides thread-safe cookie and header storage, used internally by DomainClient.

NewSessionManager

go
func NewSessionManager(config ...*SessionConfig) (*SessionManager, error)

Creates a session manager.

go
sm, err := httpc.NewSessionManager()

// With configuration
cfg := httpc.DefaultSessionConfig()
cfg.CookieSecurity = httpc.StrictCookieSecurityConfig()
sm, err := httpc.NewSessionManager(cfg)

SessionConfig

go
type SessionConfig struct {
    CookieSecurity *CookieSecurityConfig
}
FieldTypeDescription
CookieSecurity*CookieSecurityConfigCookie security validation config; nil means no validation
go
func DefaultSessionConfig() *SessionConfig

Returns default configuration (no cookie security validation).

Header Management

SetHeader

go
func (s *SessionManager) SetHeader(key, value string) error

Sets a session header. All subsequent requests will include it automatically. Validates header key-value validity.

go
err := sm.SetHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)

SetHeaders

go
func (s *SessionManager) SetHeaders(headers map[string]string) error

Sets multiple session headers at once.

go
err := sm.SetHeaders(map[string]string{
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + token,
    "Accept":        "application/json",
})

DeleteHeader

go
func (s *SessionManager) DeleteHeader(key string)

Removes a specific session header.

ClearHeaders

go
func (s *SessionManager) ClearHeaders()

Clears all session headers.

GetHeaders

go
func (s *SessionManager) GetHeaders() map[string]string

Returns a copy of all session headers.

SetCookie

go
func (s *SessionManager) SetCookie(cookie *http.Cookie) error

Sets a session cookie. Validates cookie validity and security attributes if CookieSecurity is configured.

go
err := sm.SetCookie(&http.Cookie{
    Name:     "session",
    Value:    "abc123",
    Secure:   true,
    HttpOnly: true,
})

SetCookies

go
func (s *SessionManager) SetCookies(cookies []*http.Cookie) error

Sets multiple cookies at once.

DeleteCookie

go
func (s *SessionManager) DeleteCookie(name string)

Removes a cookie by name.

ClearCookies

go
func (s *SessionManager) ClearCookies()

Clears all cookies.

GetCookies

go
func (s *SessionManager) GetCookies() []*http.Cookie

Returns a copy of all cookies.

GetCookie

go
func (s *SessionManager) GetCookie(name string) *http.Cookie

Gets a copy of a cookie by name, returns nil if it does not exist.

SetCookieSecurity

go
func (s *SessionManager) SetCookieSecurity(config *CookieSecurityConfig)

Updates the cookie security validation configuration. Affects all subsequent SetCookie calls.

go
sm.SetCookieSecurity(httpc.StrictCookieSecurityConfig())

UpdateFromResult

go
func (s *SessionManager) UpdateFromResult(result *Result)

Updates session cookies from a request result. Insecure cookies are silently skipped.

UpdateFromCookies

go
func (s *SessionManager) UpdateFromCookies(cookies []*http.Cookie)

Updates session cookies from a cookie slice.

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