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More explicit explanation: session testing
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@ -354,14 +354,15 @@ This however does not make it possible to also modify the session or to
access the session before a request was fired. Starting with Flask 0.8 we
provide a so called “session transaction” which simulates the appropriate
calls to open a session in the context of the test client and to modify
it. At the end of the transaction the session is stored. This works
independently of the session backend used::
it. At the end of the transaction the session is stored and ready to be
used by the test client. This works independently of the session backend used::
with app.test_client() as c:
with c.session_transaction() as sess:
sess['a_key'] = 'a value'
# once this is reached the session was stored
# once this is reached the session was stored and ready to be used by the client
c.get(...)
Note that in this case you have to use the ``sess`` object instead of the
:data:`flask.session` proxy. The object however itself will provide the