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Django session key based expiration

I'm using Django sessions and I want to set expiry for a particular key. In an AJAX view I'm doing the following

request.session['a'] = True
request.session.set_expiry(604800)

Does this set the expiry for that particular key or that session? I'm setting the sessions for other keys in other AJAX views in a similar way.

If I print request.session.get_expiry_date() in my view I get the date 7 days from now regardless of when I set the expiry. Why would that be?

Solution

  • As the set_expiry is a method of the session it sets the expiry of the session.

    The Django session is a whole object, it is not possible (without manual work) to set the expiry for a specific key)