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Documentation SurrealQL Functions Session functions

Session functions

These functions can be used when working with and manipulating text and string values.
Function Description
session::db() Returns the currently selected database
session::id() Returns the current user's session ID
session::ip() Returns the current user's session IP address
session::ns() Returns the currently selected namespace
session::origin() Returns the current user's HTTP origin
session::sc() Returns the current user's authentication scope

session::db

The session::db function returns the currently selected database.

session::db() -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a select statement:

SELECT * FROM session::db();
"my_db"

session::id

The session::id function returns the current user's session ID.

session::id() -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a select statement:

SELECT * FROM session::id();
"I895rKuixHwCNIduyBIYH2M0Pga7oUmWnng5exEE4a7EB942GVElGrnRhE5scF5d"

session::ip

The session::ip function returns the current user's session IP address.

session::ip() -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a select statement:

SELECT * FROM session::ip();
"2001:db8:3333:4444:CCCC:DDDD:EEEE:FFFF"

session::ns

The session::ns function returns the currently selected namespace.

session::ns() -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a select statement:

SELECT * FROM session::ns();
"my_ns"

session::origin

The session::origin function returns the current user's HTTP origin.

session::origin() -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a select statement:

SELECT * FROM session::origin();
"http://localhost:3000"

session::sc

The session::sc function returns the current user's authentication scope.

session::sc() -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a select statement:

SELECT * FROM session::sc();
"user"