I have a web site which shows different content based on a location
the visitor chooses. e.g: User enters in 55812
as the zip. I know what
city and area lat/long. that is and give them their content pertinent
to that area. My question is how can I store this in a cookie so that
when they return they are not required to always enter their zip code?
I see it as follows:
I can't seem to find any solid information on setting a cookie. Any help is greatly appreciated.
UPDATE : check Peter's answer below for a builtin solution :
This is a helper to set a persistent cookie:
import datetime
def set_cookie(response, key, value, days_expire=7):
if days_expire is None:
max_age = 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 # one year
else:
max_age = days_expire * 24 * 60 * 60
expires = datetime.datetime.strftime(
datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=max_age),
"%a, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S GMT",
)
response.set_cookie(
key,
value,
max_age=max_age,
expires=expires,
domain=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN,
secure=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE or None,
)
Use the following code before sending a response.
def view(request):
response = HttpResponse("hello")
set_cookie(response, 'name', 'jujule')
return response
UPDATE : check Peter's answer below for a builtin solution :