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diff --git a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt index 8a0f0d4b72..a1f70f3f57 100644 --- a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt +++ b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt @@ -307,12 +307,21 @@ Using sessions out of views An API is available to manipulate session data outside of a view:: >>> from django.contrib.sessions.backends.db import SessionStore + >>> import datetime >>> s = SessionStore(session_key='2b1189a188b44ad18c35e113ac6ceead') >>> s['last_login'] = datetime.datetime(2005, 8, 20, 13, 35, 10) >>> s['last_login'] datetime.datetime(2005, 8, 20, 13, 35, 0) >>> s.save() +If ``session_key`` isn't provided, one will be generated automatically:: + + >>> from django.contrib.sessions.backends.db import SessionStore + >>> s = SessionStore() + >>> s.save() + >>> s.session_key + '2b1189a188b44ad18c35e113ac6ceead' + If you're using the ``django.contrib.sessions.backends.db`` backend, each session is just a normal Django model. The ``Session`` model is defined in ``django/contrib/sessions/models.py``. Because it's a normal model, you can |