Cookie example

import os, cgi, Cookie

c = Cookie.Cookie()

try:

c.load(os.environ["HTTP_COOKIE"])

except KeyError:

pass

form = cgi.FieldStorage()

try:

user = form["user"].value

except KeyError:

try:

user = c["user"].value

except KeyError:

user = "nobody"

c["user"] = user

print c

print """

<form action="/cgi-bin/test.py" method="get">

<input type="text" name="user" value="%s">

</form>

""" % cgi.escape(user)

# debug: show the cookie header we wrote

print "<pre>"

print cgi.escape(str(c))

print "</pre>"

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