sessions.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
    flask.sessions
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Implements cookie based sessions based on Werkzeug's secure cookie
    system.

    :copyright: (c) 2011 by Armin Ronacher.
    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
"""

import hashlib
from datetime import datetime
from werkzeug.http import http_date, parse_date
from werkzeug.datastructures import CallbackDict
from .helpers import json
from . import Markup

from itsdangerous import URLSafeTimedSerializer, BadSignature


class SessionMixin(object):
    """Expands a basic dictionary with an accessors that are expected
    by Flask extensions and users for the session.
    """

    def _get_permanent(self):
        return self.get('_permanent', False)

    def _set_permanent(self, value):
        self['_permanent'] = bool(value)

    #: this reflects the ``'_permanent'`` key in the dict.
    permanent = property(_get_permanent, _set_permanent)
    del _get_permanent, _set_permanent

    #: some session backends can tell you if a session is new, but that is
    #: not necessarily guaranteed.  Use with caution.  The default mixin
    #: implementation just hardcodes `False` in.
    new = False

    #: for some backends this will always be `True`, but some backends will
    #: default this to false and detect changes in the dictionary for as
    #: long as changes do not happen on mutable structures in the session.
    #: The default mixin implementation just hardcodes `True` in.
    modified = True


class TaggedJSONSerializer(object):
    """A customized JSON serializer that supports a few extra types that
    we take for granted when serializing (tuples, markup objects, datetime).
    """

    def dumps(self, value):
        def _tag(value):
            if isinstance(value, tuple):
                return {' t': [_tag(x) for x in value]}
            elif callable(getattr(value, '__html__', None)):
                return {' m': unicode(value.__html__())}
            elif isinstance(value, list):
                return [_tag(x) for x in value]
            elif isinstance(value, datetime):
                return {' d': http_date(value)}
            elif isinstance(value, dict):
                return dict((k, _tag(v)) for k, v in value.iteritems())
            return value
        return json.dumps(_tag(value), separators=(',', ':'))

    def loads(self, value):
        def object_hook(obj):
            if len(obj) != 1:
                return obj
            the_key, the_value = obj.iteritems().next()
            if the_key == ' t':
                return tuple(the_value)
            elif the_key == ' m':
                return Markup(the_value)
            elif the_key == ' d':
                return parse_date(the_value)
            return obj
        return json.loads(value, object_hook=object_hook)


session_json_serializer = TaggedJSONSerializer()


class SecureCookieSession(CallbackDict, SessionMixin):
    """Baseclass for sessions based on signed cookies."""

    def __init__(self, initial=None):
        def on_update(self):
            self.modified = True
        CallbackDict.__init__(self, initial, on_update)
        self.modified = False


class NullSession(SecureCookieSession):
    """Class used to generate nicer error messages if sessions are not
    available.  Will still allow read-only access to the empty session
    but fail on setting.
    """

    def _fail(self, *args, **kwargs):
        raise RuntimeError('the session is unavailable because no secret '
                           'key was set.  Set the secret_key on the '
                           'application to something unique and secret.')
    __setitem__ = __delitem__ = clear = pop = popitem = \
        update = setdefault = _fail
    del _fail


class SessionInterface(object):
    """The basic interface you have to implement in order to replace the
    default session interface which uses werkzeug's securecookie
    implementation.  The only methods you have to implement are
    :meth:`open_session` and :meth:`save_session`, the others have
    useful defaults which you don't need to change.

    The session object returned by the :meth:`open_session` method has to
    provide a dictionary like interface plus the properties and methods
    from the :class:`SessionMixin`.  We recommend just subclassing a dict
    and adding that mixin::

        class Session(dict, SessionMixin):
            pass

    If :meth:`open_session` returns `None` Flask will call into
    :meth:`make_null_session` to create a session that acts as replacement
    if the session support cannot work because some requirement is not
    fulfilled.  The default :class:`NullSession` class that is created
    will complain that the secret key was not set.

    To replace the session interface on an application all you have to do
    is to assign :attr:`flask.Flask.session_interface`::

        app = Flask(__name__)
        app.session_interface = MySessionInterface()

    .. versionadded:: 0.8
    """

    #: :meth:`make_null_session` will look here for the class that should
    #: be created when a null session is requested.  Likewise the
    #: :meth:`is_null_session` method will perform a typecheck against
    #: this type.
    null_session_class = NullSession

    #: A flag that indicates if the session interface is pickle based.
    #: This can be used by flask extensions to make a decision in regards
    #: to how to deal with the session object.
    #:
    #: .. versionadded:: 0.10
    pickle_based = False

    def make_null_session(self, app):
        """Creates a null session which acts as a replacement object if the
        real session support could not be loaded due to a configuration
        error.  This mainly aids the user experience because the job of the
        null session is to still support lookup without complaining but
        modifications are answered with a helpful error message of what
        failed.

        This creates an instance of :attr:`null_session_class` by default.
        """
        return self.null_session_class()

    def is_null_session(self, obj):
        """Checks if a given object is a null session.  Null sessions are
        not asked to be saved.

        This checks if the object is an instance of :attr:`null_session_class`
        by default.
        """
        return isinstance(obj, self.null_session_class)

    def get_cookie_domain(self, app):
        """Helpful helper method that returns the cookie domain that should
        be used for the session cookie if session cookies are used.
        """
        if app.config['SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN'] is not None:
            return app.config['SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN']
        if app.config['SERVER_NAME'] is not None:
            # chop of the port which is usually not supported by browsers
            return '.' + app.config['SERVER_NAME'].rsplit(':', 1)[0]

    def get_cookie_path(self, app):
        """Returns the path for which the cookie should be valid.  The
        default implementation uses the value from the SESSION_COOKIE_PATH``
        config var if it's set, and falls back to ``APPLICATION_ROOT`` or
        uses ``/`` if it's `None`.
        """
        return app.config['SESSION_COOKIE_PATH'] or \
               app.config['APPLICATION_ROOT'] or '/'

    def get_cookie_httponly(self, app):
        """Returns True if the session cookie should be httponly.  This
        currently just returns the value of the ``SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY``
        config var.
        """
        return app.config['SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY']

    def get_cookie_secure(self, app):
        """Returns True if the cookie should be secure.  This currently
        just returns the value of the ``SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE`` setting.
        """
        return app.config['SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE']

    def get_expiration_time(self, app, session):
        """A helper method that returns an expiration date for the session
        or `None` if the session is linked to the browser session.  The
        default implementation returns now + the permanent session
        lifetime configured on the application.
        """
        if session.permanent:
            return datetime.utcnow() + app.permanent_session_lifetime

    def open_session(self, app, request):
        """This method has to be implemented and must either return `None`
        in case the loading failed because of a configuration error or an
        instance of a session object which implements a dictionary like
        interface + the methods and attributes on :class:`SessionMixin`.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def save_session(self, app, session, response):
        """This is called for actual sessions returned by :meth:`open_session`
        at the end of the request.  This is still called during a request
        context so if you absolutely need access to the request you can do
        that.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()


class SecureCookieSessionInterface(SessionInterface):
    """The default session interface that stores sessions in signed cookies
    through the :mod:`itsdangerous` module.
    """
    #: the salt that should be applied on top of the secret key for the
    #: signing of cookie based sessions.
    salt = 'cookie-session'
    #: the hash function to use for the signature.  The default is sha1
    digest_method = staticmethod(hashlib.sha1)
    #: the name of the itsdangerous supported key derivation.  The default
    #: is hmac.
    key_derivation = 'hmac'
    #: A python serializer for the payload.  The default is a compact
    #: JSON derived serializer with support for some extra Python types
    #: such as datetime objects or tuples.
    serializer = session_json_serializer
    session_class = SecureCookieSession

    def get_signing_serializer(self, app):
        if not app.secret_key:
            return None
        signer_kwargs = dict(
            key_derivation=self.key_derivation,
            digest_method=self.digest_method
        )
        return URLSafeTimedSerializer(app.secret_key, salt=self.salt,
                                      serializer=self.serializer,
                                      signer_kwargs=signer_kwargs)

    def open_session(self, app, request):
        s = self.get_signing_serializer(app)
        if s is None:
            return None
        val = request.cookies.get(app.session_cookie_name)
        if not val:
            return self.session_class()
        max_age = app.permanent_session_lifetime.total_seconds()
        try:
            data = s.loads(val, max_age=max_age)
            return self.session_class(data)
        except BadSignature:
            return self.session_class()

    def save_session(self, app, session, response):
        domain = self.get_cookie_domain(app)
        path = self.get_cookie_path(app)
        if not session:
            if session.modified:
                response.delete_cookie(app.session_cookie_name,
                                       domain=domain, path=path)
            return
        httponly = self.get_cookie_httponly(app)
        secure = self.get_cookie_secure(app)
        expires = self.get_expiration_time(app, session)
        val = self.get_signing_serializer(app).dumps(dict(session))
        response.set_cookie(app.session_cookie_name, val,
                            expires=expires, httponly=httponly,
                            domain=domain, path=path, secure=secure)