mod_python & Cookie - unexpected dictionary value

[Jan Danielsson]

Hello all,

   I'm sure I'm not using this right, but I don't understand what I'm
doing wrong. What I want is to get all the cookies from the request,
then extract the 'sessId' cookie. I'm using this code:

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from mod_python import Cookie

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def index(req, sessId = None):

   cookies = Cookie.get_cookies(req)

   if not sessId and cookies.has_key('sessId'):
      sessId = cookies['sessId']

   sess = Session(req, sessId)

   httphdr(req)
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   (Note: The Session() constructor will attempt to set the cookie, and
httphdr() is responsible for the send_http_header() call).

   This is the part I don't understand. If the sessId cookie exists, it
will fail because the returned sessId object will be a Cookie object. If
I print str(sessId), I will get the output "sessId=blah". The cookie is
set using:

   c = Cookie.Cookie('sessId', 'blah')
   c.expires = time.time() + 60*30
   Cookie.add_cookie(req, c)

   So, the part I don't understand is why

      sessId = cookies['sessId']

   ... is returning a Cookie-object. I would have expected to get a
string containing "blah"?

   I can get this to work, by doing this:


      cookies = Cookie.get_cookies(req)
      c = str(cookies['sessId']).split('=', 1)

   ...then use c[1]. Is that the proper way? Seems kind of strange to
store the cookies in a dictonary without being able to use the benefits
of them?


-- 
Kind regards,
Jan Danielsson
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