package sessions import ( "net/http" "github.com/gorilla/sessions" ) //Store the cookie store which is going to store session data in the cookie var Store = sessions.NewCookieStore([]byte("secret-password")) var session *sessions.Session //IsLoggedIn will check if the user has an active session and return True func IsLoggedIn(r *http.Request) bool { session, err := Store.Get(r, "session") if err == nil && (session.Values["loggedin"] == "true") { return true } return false } //GetCurrentUserName returns the username of the logged in user func GetCurrentUserName(r *http.Request) string { session, err := Store.Get(r, "session") if err == nil { return session.Values["username"].(string) } return "" }