Use destructuring to pull the needed values out of the ring request. For example: (defn login [{{:keys [email password]} :params session :session

Use destructuring to pull the needed values out of the ring request. For example: (defn login [{{:keys [email password]} :params session :session}] ...) Also remember as well as the :keys special form you have :strs and :syms. https://gist.github.com/john2x/e1dca953548bfdfb9844 https://gist.github.com/john2x/e1dca953548bfdfb9844