project.json
Have these entries under the dependencies section
{
"dependencies": {
...
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session": "1.1.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Redis": "1.1.0",
...
},
}Startup.cs
It is important that app.UseSession() under the Configure() method appears before app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute() otherwise your application will throw a Session error.
...
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
...
services.AddDistributedRedisCache(options =>
{
options.Configuration = "127.0.0.1:PORT_NUMBER";
options.InstanceName = "ARBITRARY_REDIS_INSTANCE_NAME";
});
services.AddSession();
}
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env,
ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
{
...
app.UseSession();
app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
...
}
...Usage
These can be in any entity provided they have access to the Session object.
// Setter
HttpContext.Session.SetString("string_test", "Test string at " +
DateTime.Now.ToString());
// Getter
HttpContext.Session.GetString("string_test")