Set cookies
set_cookie(cookie_name, value, max_age = None, expires = None)
Get cookies
request.COOKIES[‘cookie_Name’]
Views example
def SetCookie(request):
response = HttpResponse('Visiting for the first time')
response.set_cookie('bookname','Sherlock Holmes')
return response
def GetCookie(request):
bookname = request.COOKIES['bookname']
return HttpResponse(f'The book name is: {bookname}')
Login example
from django.template import RequestContext
def login(request):
username = "not logged in"
if request.method == "POST":
Get the posted form
MyLoginForm = LoginForm(request.POST)
if MyLoginForm.is_valid():
username = MyLoginForm.cleaned_data['username']
else:
MyLoginForm = LoginForm()
response = render_to_response(request, 'loggedin.html', {"username" : username},
context_instance = RequestContext(request))
response.set_cookie('last_connection', datetime.datetime.now())
response.set_cookie('username', datetime.datetime.now())
return response
Redirect to login form if no cookies
def formView(request):
if 'username' in request.COOKIES and 'last_connection' in request.COOKIES:
username = request.COOKIES['username']
last_connection = request.COOKIES['last_connection']
last_connection_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(last_connection[:-7],
"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
if (datetime.datetime.now() - last_connection_time).seconds < 10:
return render(request, 'loggedin.html', {"username" : username})
else:
return render(request, 'login.html', {})
else:
return render(request, 'login.html', {})
