C# ASP.NET Core MVC An object reference is required

Question

I am trying to access session from the .cshtml page:

@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http
...
<div>
     @HttpContext.Session.GetString("role");

</div>

Controller:

public class TestController: Controller
{
     public IActionResult UserLogin(DVAAccount user)
     {
         ....
       
         HttpContext.Session.SetString("role", user.UserRole);

         return View("Index");
     }
}

However I can't seem to retrieve the session in the front-end

Does this answer your question? [How to access session from a view in ASP .NET Core MVC 1.0](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39240696/how-to-access-session-from-a-view-in-asp-net-core-mvc-1-0) — Camilo Terevinto, Dec 14 '21 at 14:17
So what is the problem. Does exception occur? Or you just have blank space instead of actual value on the page? — Alexander, Dec 14 '21 at 14:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '21 at 14:40

mvc usually doesnt use session, so you need to add some code to your startup to use it

services.AddDistributedMemoryCache();

services.AddSession(options =>
{
    options.IdleTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
    options.Cookie.HttpOnly = true;
    options.Cookie.IsEssential = true;
});


.....

//app.UseRouting();

//app.UseAuthorization();

app.UseSession();

if you use Net 6+ you have to use builder.Services instead of services

C# ASP.NET Core MVC An object reference is required

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