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djangocookies
zjm1126
zjm1126

Reputation: 35680

How to set or get a cookie value in django

This is my code:

from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404
from django.template import RequestContext
from django import http
from django.http import HttpResponse 

def main(request, template_name='index.html'):
    HttpResponse.set_cookie('logged_in_status', 'zjm1126')
    context ={
              'a':a,
              'cookie':HttpResponse.get_cookie('logged_in_status'),
    }

    return render_to_response(template_name, context)
    #return http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect(template_name)

It raises this exception:

unbound method set_cookie() must be called with HttpResponse instance as first argument (got str instance instead)

What can I do?

Upvotes: 55

Views: 102935

Answers (2)

Arnaud P
Arnaud P

Reputation: 12627

In case you want the raw cookie string (tested with Django 4.1)

request.META.get('HTTP_COOKIE')

Upvotes: 3

Yuji 'Tomita' Tomita
Yuji 'Tomita' Tomita

Reputation: 118528

You can't just start calling methods on the HttpResponse class, you have to instantiate it e.g. response = HttpResponse("Hello World"), call the cookie method, and then return it from your view.

response = render_to_response(template_name, context)

response.set_cookie('logged_in_status', 'never_use_this_ever') 
return response
# remember my other answer: 
# it's a terrrible idea to set logged in status on a cookie.

To get the cookie:

request.COOKIES.get('logged_in_status') 
# remember, this is a terrible idea.

Upvotes: 155

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