jeroenbourgois

jeroenbourgois

My app (one instance) is accessible from two different domain name, let’s say a.com and b.com.

The app behaves different for each domain, like a different stylesheet. I have a plug that puts a domain assign on the conn which is used down the line. All this works just fine. However, the key name used to sign the cookie was the same for both domain names, which we did not want.

Today I managed to set the cookie key dynamically in a Plug. It feels kind of hacky, but it works. Here is how I solved it:

# The plug module
defmodule MyApp.Plug.Domain do
  import Plug.Conn

  def init(opts), do: opts

  def call(conn, _) do
    domain = decide_domain(conn)
    session_opts = session_opts(domain)

    conn
    |> assign(:domain, domain)
    |> put_private(:plug_session_opts, session_opts)
    |> local_configure_session(session_opts)
  end

  defp decide_domain(conn) do
    host = Map.get(conn, :host, "")

    cond do
      String.contains?(host, "a.dom") -> :domain_a
      String.contains?(host, "b.com") -> :domain_b
    end
  end

  defp local_configure_session(conn, session_opts) do
    opts = Plug.Session.init(session_opts)
    Plug.Session.call(conn, opts)
  end

  defp session_opts(domain) do
    host = Application.get_env(:my_app, :host)
    # SessionOpst is the basic default keyword list as you would expect
    Keyword.merge(SessionOpts.get(), key: Slug.slugify("_#{domain}_key_#{host}"))
  end
end

# early in the router
  pipeline :browser_no_csp do
    plug(:accepts, ["html", "json"])
    plug(MyApp.Plug.Domain)
    ...

# In MyAppWeb.Endpoint
# SessionOpts is a basic opts list for the cookie session, with 'key: "default_key"' because `key` is required.
plug(Plug.Session, SessionOpts.get())

The problem now is that the LiveView socket options remain the default_key and are not overwritten by my plug, causing the page to be redirected all the time. I set the LiveView socket in my Endpoint module as well, like the Plug.Session but it isn’t overwritten.

Is this possible, or am I aproaching this the wrong way?

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jeroenbourgois

jeroenbourgois OP

Ok, I am an idiot who does not RTFM… Sorry

socket "/live", MyAppWeb.UserSocket,
  websocket: [connect_info: [session: {__MODULE__, :runtime_opts, []}]]

# ...

def runtime_opts() do
  Keyword.put(@session_options, :domain, host())
end

However, this will not allow me to access the conn object, which I need in order to determine the correct domain name.

victor23k

victor23k

Hello! I also encountered this problem, and made a proposal to add the conn struct to the arguments in the mfa tuple. The sad part is that it would be a breaking change.

Luckily, @steffend proposed a workaround:

Hope it works for you.

steffend

steffend

Phoenix Core Team

Note that we’re also planning to move the socket definition into the router in the future. A socket defined there would then also use the regular session options, just as any other plug.

jeroenbourgois

jeroenbourgois OP

Thanks for your input. @steffend that is exactly what I need. I have a workaround using a dictionary for now, but that would be cleaner.

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