# Specify session id in url params

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/specify-session-id-in-url-params/89804>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 22, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/specify-session-id-in-url-params/89804 "2007-03-22T21:03:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_MacCaw)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/specify-session-id-in-url-params/89804/1 "2007-03-22T21:03:44Z")

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I’m wondering if it’s possible to specify a user’s session id in the url  
parameters.

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**Author:** ![Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_MacCaw)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/specify-session-id-in-url-params/89804/2 "2007-03-22T21:28:25Z")

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Alex MacCaw wrote:

> I’m wondering if it’s possible to specify a user’s session id in the url  
> parameters.

Sure. You can take a look at my No-Cookie Session plugin  
for some ideas.

– Long  
[http://MeandmyCity.com/](http://MeandmyCity.com/) - Free online business directory for local  
communities  
[http://edgesoft.ca/blog/read/2](http://edgesoft.ca/blog/read/2) - No-Cookie Session Support plugin for  
Rails

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**Author:** ![Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_MacCaw)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/specify-session-id-in-url-params/89804/3 "2007-03-22T22:26:30Z")

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Long wrote:

> Alex MacCaw wrote:
> 
> > I’m wondering if it’s possible to specify a user’s session id in the url  
> > parameters.
> 
> Sure. You can take a look at my No-Cookie Session plugin  
> for some ideas.
> 
> – Long  
> [http://MeandmyCity.com/](http://MeandmyCity.com/) - Free online business directory for local  
> communities  
> [http://edgesoft.ca/blog/read/2](http://edgesoft.ca/blog/read/2) - No-Cookie Session Support plugin for  
> Rails

Thanks, I should really test it first. If you just do ?\_session\_id=etc  
it works already!

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**Author:** ![Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_MacCaw)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/specify-session-id-in-url-params/89804/4 "2007-03-22T23:04:51Z")

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Guest wrote:\>

> Thanks, I should really test it first. If you just do ?\_session\_id=etc  
> it works already!

This is prescisely what my plugin does and it automates adding the  
session\_id  
to all url\_for() calls. Perhaps, there are some advantages, such as  
reducing  
some manual work.

– Long