Runtime session config and Plug.Builder

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I have an application that is part Raxx part Plug(Phoenix). This application has to make use of the same session. For this reason I have implemented Raxx.Session to be compatible with Plug.Session (when set up with the correct configuration).

Now I want to have test coverage that ensures the sessions are compatible.
To do this I have the same application implemented in both Raxx and Plug. It sets the session from a path param and returns the previous value that was saved in the session.

Raxx

defmodule RaxxSessionApp do
  use Raxx.SimpleServer
  alias Raxx.Session

  def handle_request(request = %{path: ["set", value]}, state) do
    {:ok, session} = Session.extract(request, state.session_config)
    session = session || %{}

    previous = Map.get(session, :value, "")
    session = Map.put(session, :value, value)

    response(:ok)
    |> Session.embed(session, state.session_config)
    |> set_body(previous)
  end
end

Plug

defmodule PlugSessionApp do
alias Plug.Conn
alias Plug.Session

  def call(conn, config) do
    conn
    |> set_secret(config.secret_key_base)
    |> Session.call(config.session_config)
    |> endpoint(nil)
  end

  def set_secret(conn, secret_key_base) do
    %{conn | secret_key_base: secret_key_base}
  end

  def endpoint(conn = %{path_info: ["set", value]}, _) do
    conn =
      conn
      |> Conn.fetch_session()

    # NOTE get session transparently casts keys to strings
    previous = patched_get_session(conn, :value) || ""

    conn
    |> Conn.put_session(:value, value)
    |> Conn.send_resp(200, previous)
  end

  defp patched_get_session(conn, key) do
    conn
    |> Conn.get_session()
    |> Map.get(key)
  end
end

Full test code available on PR https://github.com/CrowdHailer/raxx/pull/182/files

Now this code is working this question is really for my own curiosity.
How do I implement the Plug application using Plug.Builder and have configurable sessions?

I tried using use Plug.Builder, init_mode: :runtime. I think understand what the point of init_mode: :runtime is for.

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init_mode: :runtime is mostly meant for development and not for production. If you need to set values at runtime for a plug you can wrap it like it’s shown here: Session cookie domain option