Django Cookie
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.
Django Cookie Example
In views.py, two functions setcookie() and getcookie() are used to set and get cookie respectively
// views.py
And URLs specified to access these functions.
// urls.py
Start Server
After starting the server, set cookie by using localhost:8000/scookie URL. It shows the following output to the browser.
And get a cookie by using localhost:8000/gcookie URL. It shows the set cookie to the browser.