Experimenting with sessions

pkg/handlers/handlers.go

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ func NewHandlers(r *Repository) {
 
 // Home is the about page handler
 func (m *Repository) Home(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	remoteIP := r.RemoteAddr
+	m.App.Session.Put(r.Context(), "remote_ip", remoteIP)
+
 	render.RenderTemplate(w, "home.page.tmpl", &models.TemplateData{})
 }
 
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ func (m *Repository) About(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// perform some logic
 	stringMap := make(map[string]string)
 	stringMap["test"] = "Hello world!"
+
+	remoteIP := m.App.Session.GetString(r.Context(), "remote_ip")
+	stringMap["remote_ip"] = remoteIP
+
 	// send the data to the template
 	render.RenderTemplate(w, "about.page.tmpl", &models.TemplateData{StringMap: stringMap})
 }