jbe/bsw@0: --[[--
jbe/bsw@0: key =            -- key to be used with tempstore.pop(...) to regain the stored string
jbe/bsw@0: tempstore.save(
jbe/bsw@0:   blob           -- string to be stored
jbe/bsw@0: )
jbe/bsw@0: 
jbe/bsw@0: This function stores data temporarily. It is used to restore slot information after a 303 HTTP redirect. It returns a key, which can be passed to tempstore.pop(...) to regain the stored data.
jbe/bsw@0: 
jbe/bsw@0: --]]--
jbe/bsw@0: 
jbe/bsw@0: function tempstore.save(blob)
jbe@214:   local key = multirand.string(26, "123456789bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz")
jbe/bsw@0:   local filename = encode.file_path(
jbe@209:     WEBMCP_BASE_PATH, 'tmp', "tempstore-" .. key .. ".tmp"
jbe/bsw@0:   )
jbe/bsw@0:   local file = assert(io.open(filename, "w"))
jbe/bsw@0:   file:write(blob)
jbe/bsw@0:   io.close(file)
jbe/bsw@0:   return key
jbe@209: end