cookie

[Ajay]

hi!

i am printing a simple cookie, but instead of printing
um=name:blah&ac cess:admin&exp: 2312390.909

its printing
um="name:blah&a ccess:admin&exp :2312390.909"

why the quotes?

i am creating the cookie as follows:
data = "user:" + username + "&access:" + access + "&expiry:" + str(expTime)
cookie_digest = hmac.new(key, data).digest()
cookie = Cookie.SimpleCo okie()
cookie_data = data + "&digest:" + cookie_digest
cookie["um_cookie"] = cookie_data
cookie["um_cookie"]["path"] = "/~abrar1/hons/interface/admin/"
print cookie

thanks
cheers



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[John J. Lee]

Re: cookie

Ajay <abra9823@mail. usyd.edu.au> writes:
[color=blue]
> hi!
>
> i am printing a simple cookie, but instead of printing
> um=name:blah&ac cess:admin&exp: 2312390.909
>
> its printing
> um="name:blah&a ccess:admin&exp :2312390.909"
>
> why the quotes?[/color]

Why not?

I don't see how they'd cause any harm.


John

[Ajay]

Re: cookie

they dont cause any harm, except for a an extra statement removing those
quotes when i read the cookie, parse it and authenticate the session.
the question is - is that normal cookie behaviour?
cookie["test"]="blah"
print cookie

prints test=blah and not test="blah"
so why the quotes when i do the same thing, but use a variable instead of a
string literal?

cheers


Quoting "John J. Lee" <jjl@pobox.com> :
[color=blue]
> Ajay <abra9823@mail. usyd.edu.au> writes:
>[color=green]
> > hi!
> >
> > i am printing a simple cookie, but instead of printing
> > um=name:blah&ac cess:admin&exp: 2312390.909
> >
> > its printing
> > um="name:blah&a ccess:admin&exp :2312390.909"
> >
> > why the quotes?[/color]
>
> Why not?
>
> I don't see how they'd cause any harm.
>
>
> John
> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>[/color]


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[John J. Lee]

Re: cookie

Ajay <abra9823@mail. usyd.edu.au> writes:[color=blue]
> Quoting "John J. Lee" <jjl@pobox.com> :[color=green]
> > Ajay <abra9823@mail. usyd.edu.au> writes:[/color][/color]
[...][color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > i am printing a simple cookie, but instead of printing
> > > um=name:blah&ac cess:admin&exp: 2312390.909
> > >
> > > its printing
> > > um="name:blah&a ccess:admin&exp :2312390.909"
> > >
> > > why the quotes?[/color]
> >
> > Why not?
> >
> > I don't see how they'd cause any harm.
> >[/color]
> they dont cause any harm, except for a an extra statement removing those
> quotes when i read the cookie, parse it and authenticate the session.
> the question is - is that normal cookie behaviour?
> cookie["test"]="blah"
> print cookie
>
> prints test=blah and not test="blah"
> so why the quotes when i do the same thing, but use a variable instead of a
> string literal?[/color]

You've lost me, but on the basis of a very quick test, the Cookie
module preserves quotes across the parse->output cycle:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> import Cookie
>>> c = Cookie.SimpleCo okie()
>>> c.load('foo=bar ')
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: foo=bar;[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> c.load('foo="ba r"')
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: foo="bar";[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>[/color][/color][/color]

That seems sensible behaviour to me, since quotes around cookie values
are significant for Netscape cookies (ie. regular, vanilla, internet
cookies).

I can categorically state that using a variable name instead of a
string literal will make no difference whatsoever. I think you're
actually confused about Python syntax rather than the workings of the
Cookie module. Try reading the Python language tutorial at
www.python.org.


John

[Ajay]

Re: cookie


Quoting "John J. Lee" <jjl@pobox.com> :
[color=blue]
> Ajay <abra9823@mail. usyd.edu.au> writes:[color=green]
> > Quoting "John J. Lee" <jjl@pobox.com> :[color=darkred]
> > > Ajay <abra9823@mail. usyd.edu.au> writes:[/color][/color]
> [...][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > > i am printing a simple cookie, but instead of printing
> > > > um=name:blah&ac cess:admin&exp: 2312390.909
> > > >
> > > > its printing
> > > > um="name:blah&a ccess:admin&exp :2312390.909"
> > > >
> > > > why the quotes?
> > >
> > > Why not?
> > >
> > > I don't see how they'd cause any harm.
> > >[/color]
> > they dont cause any harm, except for a an extra statement removing[/color]
> those[color=green]
> > quotes when i read the cookie, parse it and authenticate the session.
> > the question is - is that normal cookie behaviour?
> > cookie["test"]="blah"
> > print cookie
> >
> > prints test=blah and not test="blah"
> > so why the quotes when i do the same thing, but use a variable instead[/color]
> of a[color=green]
> > string literal?[/color]
>
> You've lost me, but on the basis of a very quick test, the Cookie
> module preserves quotes across the parse->output cycle:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> import Cookie
> >>> c = Cookie.SimpleCo okie()
> >>> c.load('foo=bar ')
> >>> print c[/color][/color]
> Set-Cookie: foo=bar;[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> c.load('foo="ba r"')
> >>> print c[/color][/color]
> Set-Cookie: foo="bar";[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>>[/color][/color]
>
> That seems sensible behaviour to me, since quotes around cookie values
> are significant for Netscape cookies (ie. regular, vanilla, internet
> cookies).
>
> I can categorically state that using a variable name instead of a
> string literal will make no difference whatsoever.[/color]

i believe you. i didn't think it would make a difference. and i agree that
the Cookie module preserves quotes across the parse->output cycle
my question is[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> import Cookie
>>> c = Cookie.SimpleCo okie()
>>> c["test"]= "blah"
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: test=blah;[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> c["test"] = "blah" + "testing"
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: test=blahtestin g;[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> str = "testing blah"
>>> c["test"] = str
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: test="testing blah";

why does the final print statement have the quotes. Note i haven't put
str='"testing blah"'. if i had done that i would understand the quotes
there.
[color=blue]
>I think you're
> actually confused about Python syntax rather than the workings of the
> Cookie module. Try reading the Python language tutorial at
> www.python.org.
>[/color]
yes i should probably read that :)
it doesn't though mention anything about the above behaviour

cheers
[color=blue]
>
> John
> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>[/color]


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[John J. Lee]

Re: cookie

Ajay <abra9823@mail. usyd.edu.au> writes:
[...][color=blue]
> i believe you. i didn't think it would make a difference. and i agree that
> the Cookie module preserves quotes across the parse->output cycle
> my question is[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> import Cookie
> >>> c = Cookie.SimpleCo okie()
> >>> c["test"]= "blah"
> >>> print c[/color][/color]
> Set-Cookie: test=blah;[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> c["test"] = "blah" + "testing"
> >>> print c[/color][/color]
> Set-Cookie: test=blahtestin g;[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> str = "testing blah"
> >>> c["test"] = str
> >>> print c[/color][/color]
> Set-Cookie: test="testing blah";
>
> why does the final print statement have the quotes. Note i haven't put
> str='"testing blah"'. if i had done that i would understand the quotes
> there.[/color]

Does the following help?

Python 2.4a2 (#5, Aug 5 2004, 22:07:01)
[GCC 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> import Cookie
>>> c = Cookie.SimpleCo okie()
>>> c["test"] = "testingbla h"
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: test=testingbla h;[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> c["test"] = "testing blah"
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: test="testing blah";[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>[/color][/color][/color]


John

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

Re: cookie

In <mailman.2553.1 093667904.5135. python-list@python.org >, Ajay wrote:
[color=blue]
> my question is[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> import Cookie
>>>> c = Cookie.SimpleCo okie()
>>>> c["test"]= "blah"
>>>> print c[/color][/color]
> Set-Cookie: test=blah;[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> c["test"] = "blah" + "testing"
>>>> print c[/color][/color]
> Set-Cookie: test=blahtestin g;[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> str = "testing blah"
>>>> c["test"] = str
>>>> print c[/color][/color]
> Set-Cookie: test="testing blah";
>
> why does the final print statement have the quotes. Note i haven't put
> str='"testing blah"'. if i had done that i would understand the quotes
> there.[/color]

It's no difference if you bind the string to a name or assign it directly,
it's the contents of the string:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> import Cookie
>>> c = Cookie.SimpleCo okie()
>>> c["test"] = "spaceless"
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: test=spaceless;[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> c["test"] = "not spaceless"
>>> print c[/color][/color][/color]
Set-Cookie: test="not spaceless";

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch