fix: made session on the client side more predictable

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
-*
+* Made client side sessions more stable, by patching some global session related configurations
 
 ## [0.6.1] - 2021-07-31
 

src/quorum/base.py

@@ -421,6 +421,19 @@ def load(
     config.confs("APPLICATION_ROOT", application_root)
     config.confs("PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME", url_scheme)
 
+    # retrieves some internal configuration value related with
+    # the way that the session is going to be handled
+    session_cookie_path = config.conf("SESSION_COOKIE_PATH", "/")
+    session_cookie_secure = config.conf("SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE", False, cast = bool)
+    session_refresh_request = config.conf("SESSION_REFRESH_EACH_REQUEST", False, cast = bool)
+
+    # sets a series of session related values according to quorum
+    # predefined structure, this effectively enables sessions on
+    # the client side to be handled in a predictable manner
+    config.confs("SESSION_COOKIE_PATH", session_cookie_path)
+    config.confs("SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE", session_cookie_secure)
+    config.confs("SESSION_REFRESH_EACH_REQUEST", session_refresh_request)
+
     # creates the proper values according to the currently provided
     # ones so that they match the ones that are expected
     name = name + "-" + instance if instance else name

src/quorum/util.py

@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ def get_object(
     # retrieves the reference to the form objects currently
     # present in the request, note that in case a runtime
     # error occurs (eg: out of context) fails gracefully
-    try: form_s = flask.request.form_s
+    try: form_s = flask.request.form_s #@UndefinedVariable
     except RuntimeError: form_s = dict()
 
     # retrieves the reference to the arguments objects currently
     # present in the request, note that in case a runtime
     # error occurs (eg: out of context) fails gracefully
-    try: args_s = flask.request.args_s
+    try: args_s = flask.request.args_s #@UndefinedVariable
     except RuntimeError: args_s = dict()
 
     # uses all the values referencing data in the request to try
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ def set_locale():
     # normalizes the current locale string by converting the
     # last part of the locale string to an uppercase representation
     # and then re-joining the various components of it
-    values = flask.request.locale.split("_", 1)
+    values = flask.request.locale.split("_", 1) #@UndefinedVariable
     if len(values) > 1: values[1] = values[1].upper()
     locale_n = "_".join(values)
     locale_n = str(locale_n)
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ def to_locale(value, locale = None, default = None, fallback = True):
         ) for value in value
     ])
     has_context = common.base().has_context()
-    locale = locale or (flask.request.locale if has_context else None)
+    locale = locale or (flask.request.locale if has_context else None) #@UndefinedVariable
     if locale:
         bundle = common.base().get_bundle(locale) or {}
         result = bundle.get(value, None)