A cookie is a small piece of information which is stored in the client browser. It is used to store user's data in a file permanently (or for the specified time). Cookie has its expiry date and time and removes automatically when gets expire. Django provides built-in methods to set and fetch cookie.
The set_cookie() method is used to set a cookie and get() method is used to get the cookie.
The request.COOKIES['key'] array can also be used to get cookie values.
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import HttpResponse
def setcookie(request):
response = HttpResponse("Cookie Set")
response.set_cookie('python-tutorial', 'example.com')
return response
def getcookie(request):
tutorial = request.COOKIES['python-tutorial']
return HttpResponse("python tutorials @: "+ tutorial);
