Source code for hepdata.utils.session

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from flask import session

"""Provides setter and getter for storing things in the REDIS Cache."""




def set_session_item(key, value):
    """
    Stores a key and value in the session.
    By default we use REDIS.

    :param key: e.g. my_key
    :param value: anything, dict, array, string, int, etc.
    :return: 'ok'
    """
    session[key] = value
    return 'ok'





def get_session_item(key):
    return session.get(key, [])