#!C:\Python\python.exe
# Fig. 35.20: fig35_20.py
# Writing a cookie to a client's machine
import cgi
import Cookie
import time
def printContent():
print "Content-type: text/html"
print
print """
Cookie values"""
form = cgi.FieldStorage() # get form information
try: # extract form values
name = form[ "name" ].value
height = form[ "height" ].value
color = form[ "color" ].value
except KeyError:
printContent()
print """You have not filled in all fields.
Click the Back button,
fill out the form and resubmit.
Thank You.
"""
else:
# construct cookie expiration date and path
expirationFormat = "%A, %d-%b-%y %X %Z"
expirationTime = time.localtime( time.time() + 300 )
expirationDate = time.strftime( expirationFormat,
expirationTime )
path = "/"
# construct cookie contents
cookie = Cookie.SimpleCookie()
cookie[ "Name" ] = name
cookie[ "Name" ][ "expires" ] = expirationDate
cookie[ "Name" ][ "path" ] = path
cookie[ "Height" ] = height
cookie[ "Height" ][ "expires" ] = expirationDate
cookie[ "Height" ][ "path" ] = path
cookie[ "Color" ] = color
cookie[ "Color" ][ "expires" ] = expirationDate
cookie[ "Color" ][ "path" ] = path
# print cookie to user and page to browser
print cookie
printContent()
print """
The cookie has been set with the following data:
Name: %s
Height: %s
Favorite Color:
%s
""" \
% ( name, height, color, color )
print """
Read cookie values"""
print """"""
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