Problem checking an existing browser cookie

[MRAB]

On 30/08/2010 02:14, Νίκος wrote:
> On 29 Αύγ, 21:44, MRAB<pyt... at mrabarnett.plus.com>  wrote:
>> On 29/08/2010 06:34, Νίκος wrote:
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>>> On 28 Αύγ, 23:15, MRAB<pyt... at mrabarnett.plus.com>    wrote:
>>>> On 28/08/2010 20:37, Íßêïò wrote:
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>>>>> On 22 Áýã, 10:27, Íßêïò<nikos.the.gr... at gmail.com>      wrote:
>>>>>> On 16 Áýã, 14:31, Peter Otten<__pete... at web.de>      wrote:
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>>>>>>> Íßêïò wrote:
>>>>>>>> # initializecookie
>>>>>>>> cookie=Cookie.SimpleCookie()
>>>>>>>> cookie.load( os.environ.get('HTTP_COOKIE', '') )
>>>>>>>> mycookie =cookie.get('visitor')
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>>>>>>>> if ( mycookie and mycookie.value != 'nikos' ) or re.search( r'(cyta|
>>>>>>>> yandex|13448|spider|crawl)', host ) is None:
>>>>>>>>        blabla...
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>>>>>>>> I checked and Chrome has acookienames visitor with a value ofnikos
>>>>>>>> within.
>>>>>>>> So, i have to ask why the if fails?
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>>>>>>> Maybe it's because != != ==
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>>>>>> Iwant ti if code block to be executed only if the browsercookienames
>>>>>> visitor fetched doesnt cotnain the vbalue of 'nikos'
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>>>>>> Is there somethign wrong with the way i wrote it?
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>>>>> Please do help me with this too becaus eif i dont solve this my
>>>>> website keeps count my each visit like iam a guest visitor!
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>>>> Print out mycookie, repr(mycookie.value) (unless mycookie is None) and
>>>> repr(host). Then follow the code yourself to see whether the condition
>>>> is True.
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>>> print mycookie outputs 'None'
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>>> Thts weird because i check with the browser and the cookie is there!
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>> Just because you can see it doesn't mean your code can.
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>>> print repr(host) outputs '78-236-176.adsl.cyta.gr'
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>>> repr(mycookie.value) (unless mycookie is None)
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>>> and also
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>>> print mycookie.value gives an error too. Maybe there is not a value
>>> method?
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>> If mycookie is None, then it's not surprising that doesn't have 'value'.
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>> In summary, mycookie is None, so:
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>>       mycookie and mycookie.value != 'nikos'
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>> is false (actually None, which is treated as false).
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>> host == '78-236-176.adsl.cyta.gr', so:
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>>       re.search(r'(cyta|yandex|13448|spider|crawl)', host)
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>> finds 'cyta' and the search returns a match.
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>> false or false == false
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>> blabla... isn't executed.
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> Lets forget the 2nd or argument, ill put it off
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> so we have this now
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> if ( mycookie and mycookie.value != 'nikos' ):
>      #do stuff as long as there ins't a cookie names visitor with a
> value of nikos in the broswer
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> What does it mean practically that the mycookie equals to None?
> That mycookie doesnt exist?
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> How should i write this if block to mkake sure it checks whether or
> not the cookie exists?

Under what conditions do you want to execute the block?

This:

     mycookie and mycookie.value != 'nikos'

will be true if:

     there _is_ a cookie, but its value isn't 'nikos'

I think that you want is to execute the block if someone else is
visiting. Correct?

How do you know when it _is_ you? There'll be a cookie which says it's
you?

If so, then you want to execute the block if there isn't any cookie, or
if there's a cookie but it doesn't say it's you:

     not mycookie or mycookie.value != 'nikos'