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From: Benjamin Schollnick <benjamin@schollnick.net>
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Subject: Re: Cookie issue(cant fix it with anyhting)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:25:23 -0400
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Nikos,

Hello i having the following code to try and retrieve the visitor's
>> saved cookie form the browser.
>>=20
>> [CODE]
>> # initialize cookie and retrieve cookie from clients browser try:
>>     cookie =3D cookies.SimpleCookie( os.environ['HTTP_COOKIE'] )
>>     cookieID =3D cookie['name'].value
>> except:
>>     cookieID =3D 'visitor'

As it has been said before, change the except to be an explicit error =
check. =20
The all purpose except is hiding an error condition from you.

Take a look at this:

http://www.jayconrod.com/posts/17/how-to-use-http-cookies-in-python

	- Benjamin



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charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"><div>Nikos,</div><div><br></div><div>Hello i having =
the following code to try and retrieve the visitor's<br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">saved cookie form the =
browser.<br><br>[CODE]<br># initialize cookie and retrieve cookie from =
clients browser try:<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cookie =3D =
cookies.SimpleCookie( os.environ['HTTP_COOKIE'] )<br> =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cookieID =3D cookie['name'].value<br>except:<br> =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cookieID =3D =
'visitor'<br></blockquote></blockquote><br></div><div><b>As it has been =
said before</b>, change the except to be an explicit error check. =
&nbsp;</div><div>The all purpose except is hiding an error condition =
from you.</div><div><br></div><div>Take a look at =
this:</div><div><br></div><div><a =
href=3D"http://www.jayconrod.com/posts/17/how-to-use-http-cookies-in-pytho=
n">http://www.jayconrod.com/posts/17/how-to-use-http-cookies-in-python</a>=
</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>- =
Benjamin</div><div><br></div><br></body></html>=

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