[mod_python] Chewing cookies

----- Original Message -----
From: "vio" <vmilitaru at sympatico.ca>
To: <mod_python at modpython.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 7:53 PM
Subject: [mod_python] Chewing cookies


> 'REQUEST.headers_out.add('Set-Cookie',cookie_value)' seems the recommended
way to set up multiple cookies on the client. But what is the recommended
way to get back at those cookies? Seems to me that anything like
'REQUEST.headers_in['Set-Cookie'] is no good with more than one cookie, for
obvious reasons. Any suggestions?

cookies are sent to the server url encoded and semi-colon separated on one
line

Cookie: foo=f00%20foo; bar=bar34; bazz=%56;

# here's a noddy cookie cracker

import urllib

cookie_string = REQUEST.headers_in['Cookie']
# eg. cookie_string = 'foo=f00%20foo; bar=bar34; bazz=%37%38%58%58;'

cookies = {}

for cookie in cookiestring.split(";") :
    key_value = cookie.split("=")

 if len(key_value) == 2 :
    cookies[urllib.unquote(key_value[0].strip())] =
urllib.unquote(key_value[1].strip())
print cookies

# eg. outputs
# {'bazz': '78XX', 'foo': 'f00 foo', 'bar': 'bar34'}



# matt