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+(ns reitit.ring.middleware.session-test
+  (:require [clojure.test :refer [deftest testing is]]
+            [reitit.ring.middleware.session :as session]
+            [ring.middleware.session.memory :as memory]
+            [reitit.ring :as ring]))
+
+(defn get-session-id
+  "Parse the session-id out of response headers."
+  [request]
+  (let [pattern  #"ring-session=([-\w]+);Path=/;HttpOnly"
+        parse-fn (partial re-find pattern)]
+    (-> request
+        (get-in [:headers "Set-Cookie"])
+        first
+        parse-fn
+        second)))
+
+(defn handler
+  "The handler that increments the counter."
+  [{session :session}]
+  (let [counter (inc (:counter session 0))]
+    {:status  200
+     :body    {:counter counter}
+     :session {:counter counter}}))
+
+(deftest session-test
+  (let [store           (atom {})
+        app             (ring/ring-handler
+                         (ring/router
+                          ["/api"
+                           {:session    {:store (memory/memory-store store)}
+                            :middleware [session/session-middleware]}
+                           ["/ping" handler]
+                           ["/pong" handler]]))
+        first-response  (app {:request-method :get
+                              :uri            "/api/ping"})
+        session-id      (get-session-id first-response)
+        second-response (app {:request-method :get
+                              :uri            "/api/pong"
+                              :cookies        {"ring-session" {:value session-id}}})]
+    (is (= (count @store)
+           1))
+    (is (-> @store first second)
+        {:counter 2})))
+
+(deftest default-session-test
+  (let [app             (ring/ring-handler
+                         (ring/router
+                          ["/api"
+                           {:middleware [session/session-middleware]}
+                           ["/ping" handler]
+                           ["/pong" handler]]))
+        first-response  (app {:request-method :get
+                              :uri            "/api/ping"})
+        session-id      (get-session-id first-response)
+        second-response (app {:request-method :get
+                              :uri            "/api/pong"
+                              :cookies        {"ring-session" {:value session-id}}})]
+    (is (= (inc (get-in first-response [:body :counter]))
+           (get-in second-response [:body :counter])))))