webob cookies

Question

I am not able to set cookies using following statements

  self.request.headers['Cookie'] = 'uniqueid = ',unique_identifier
  self.request.headers['Cookie'] = 'nickname = ',nickname

as self.request.cookies

is returning null dictionary in another request.

environment is python on google app engine

Answer 1

Changing the cookies in the request does nothing to the cookie on the client.

You need to set the "Set-Cookie" header in the response to the client.

You could use something like this (untested by me) Google App Engine Cookie class

Answer 2

The WebOb Reference explains set_cookie well - if youre on a framework using the WebOb Response (not valid for Google App Engine, it uses an own Repsonse)