using-streamlit-session-state

What problem does it solve?

This Skill addresses the challenge of maintaining data and user interactions across multiple reruns in Streamlit applications, ensuring a seamless user experience.

Core Features & Use Cases

• State Persistence: Reliably store and retrieve variables between user interactions.
• Widget State Synchronization: Automatically link widget values to session state.
• Callback Handling: Execute functions in response to user actions, updating state immediately.
• Use Case: Build a multi-page Streamlit app where user selections on one page are remembered and used on subsequent pages, or create interactive dashboards where filters applied by the user persist as they navigate through different views.

Quick Start

Initialize a session state variable named 'counter' to zero and display its current value.