Vapor - Create a room session with ID

Question

I'm working on a Vapor backend and I'm looking to create sessions for single entry. The client should ask to create the session and the backend will return a session ID that the client can use.
This is the outline:

// routes.swift

func routes(_ app: App) throws {
    app.post("create_room") { req -> BaseResponse<CreateRoomResponse> in
        let roomName = try req.content.decode(CreateRoomRequest.self).name
        let roomId = "ABCD"
        
        // Create a session, store credentials...
        ...

        return CreateRoomResponse(status: .ok, payload: roomId)
    }
}

Now, I'm trying to figure out where to store the session data and ID for later use, and potentially destruction after x amount of time.
I've read in the Vapor documentation about both Authorization and Sessions but couldn't quite found something that fits my needs, or at least not in a way I can intuitively implement as my experience with backend programming is not great.
How would I go about to implement a session like this? Where do I store the credentials and how do I access them later down the way?
Thanks a lot in advance!

I store data in the session data dictionary. Usually, this persists until the end of the session, as you would expect. However, I also use a piece of custom middleware that logs a session out after a specified period. Would this do what you need? — Nick, Feb 09 '21 at 17:17
@Nick Yes, It's exactly what I need. I managed to figure out how to store the data in `session.data`, but I would really appreciate it if you could show me an example of how you would destroy the session after a specified period with a custom middleware as you mentioned. Thank you! — Eilon, Feb 10 '21 at 08:29

Nick · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-10T12:43:21.580

This should destroy the session and any data you have stored in session.data. If it is the first request in a session then the initialisation of lastRequestTimeStamp fails and defaults to the current time. It then stores the current time in session.data. If the request is more than 20 minutes since the last one, it logs the user out (which destroys the session) and re-directs to "/".

 struct SessionTimeoutMiddleware: Middleware {
     func respond(to request: Request, chainingTo next: Responder) -> EventLoopFuture<Response> {
         let lastRequestTimeStamp = Double(request.session.data["lastRequest"] ?? "BAD") ?? Date().timeIntervalSince1970
         request.session.data[C.Dict.Key.LastRequest] = String(Date().timeIntervalSince1970)
         if Date().timeIntervalSince1970 - lastRequestTimeStamp > 1200 { 
             request.auth.logout(User.self)
             return request.eventLoop.makeSucceededFuture(request.redirect(to: "/"))
         }
         return next.respond(to: request)
     }
 }

And, finally, register the middleware in configure.swift.

app.middleware.use(InternalErrorMiddleware())

Vapor - Create a room session with ID

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