Session Variables in ASP5/MVC6

Question

In MVC5, I used to use my session variables like this from System.Web

PayPalHandler.ExecutePayment(
    Convert.ToString(Session["paymentId"]), 
    Convert.ToString(Session["payerId"]));

In ASP5/MVC6, this is no longer an option as System.Web does not exist. What is the proper equivalent way of using session variables in the new framework? Documentation is still very scarce.

I saw this, but it doesn't seem to work the same syntactically and I can't find any usage examples. Do you have an example? — Corey Chase, Jun 22 '15 at 22:52
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25077298/how-to-implement-session-state-in-asp-net-vnext-mvc-6 — user1605909, Jun 22 '15 at 23:14

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '15 at 04:11

you need to install Nuget package

Microsoft.AspNet.Session

and use it using Context

Context.Session.SetString("Name", "My Name"); //Set
var name = Context.Session.GetString("Name");//Get

Good explanation can be found at http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/article/270/sessions-in-asp-net-5

Session Variables in ASP5/MVC6

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