From fb8994694a32e2d29b259b3784592d6ea34e6e09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mika Bomm <mika.bomm@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:55:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] initial actix_session

---
 crates/backend/src/main.rs | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/backend/src/main.rs b/crates/backend/src/main.rs
index f9db36a..95a36b7 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use actix_web::{web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer, middleware::Logger};
+use actix_session::{SessionMiddleware, storage::RedisSessionStore};
+use actix_web::{App, HttpResponse, HttpServer, cookie::Key, middleware::Logger, web};
 
 mod controller;
 
@@ -6,12 +7,29 @@ mod controller;
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
 
-    HttpServer::new(|| {
+    let redis_conn = connect_to_redis_database().await;
+
+    HttpServer::new(move || {
         App::new()
             .wrap(Logger::default())
+            .wrap(SessionMiddleware::new(
+                redis_conn.clone(),
+                // use dotenvy here to get SECRET_KEY (if we want to have the same on every startup)
+                Key::generate(),
+            ))
             .configure(controller::register_controllers)
     })
     .bind(("0.0.0.0", 8080))?
     .run()
     .await
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+async fn connect_to_redis_database() -> RedisSessionStore {
+    // Build the redis Connection from the .env file Variables
+    let redis_connection_string = "redis://127.0.0.1:6379";
+    let store = RedisSessionStore::new(redis_connection_string)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    return store;
+}