Question

i use this code :

request.session.set_test_cookie()

the all code is :

def main(request, template_name='index.html'):
    context ={
              'a':a,
              'cookie':request.session.set_test_cookie(),
    }
    return render_to_response(template_name, context)

but it return None ,

what can i do ,

thanks

Answer 1

set_test_cookie() just sets a cookie on the client’s browser, it doesn’t return anything, hence the None

You can’t tell if the browser is actually storing that cookie until the next request where you would check if the cookie was successfully set via test_cookie_worked() — that’s the test: if the browser doesn’t show the cookie you set, it’s not accepting cookies. If it does return the cookie, it’s proof that cookie are being set, and you’d delete it with delete_test_cookie()

Read docs for more info: I’d be copy and pasting the docs at this point 🙂
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/sessions/#setting-test-cookies

Or feel free to ask any questions.