Problem checking an existing browser cookie

[Nik the Greek]

On 30 Αύγ, 19:21, Peter Otten <__pete... at web.de> wrote:
> Nik the Greek wrote:
> >> Perhpas its doenst get loaded like that?
>
> >> # initialize cookie
> >> cookie = SimpleCookie()
> >> cookie.load( os.environ.get('HTTP_COOKIE', '') )
> >> mycookie = cookie.get('visitor')
>
> > Please someone else has an idea on how this to work?
>
> Add a print statement to verify that HTTP_COOKIE does indeed have a visitor.
> Or use the stuff below as a template.
>
> Here is a minimal script to set the visitor:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> import cgitb
> cgitb.enable()
>
> import cgi
> import Cookie
> import os
> import sys
>
> form = cgi.FieldStorage()
> name = form.getfirst("name", "Unknown")
>
> cookie = Cookie.SimpleCookie()
> cookie["visitor"] = name
>
> sys.stdout.write(cookie.output())
> sys.stdout.write("\r\nContent-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n")
> print "Hello, your new name is", name
>
> Invoke it with the equivalent of
>
> http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/set_visitor.py?name=Nikos
>
> for your website. Then proceed with a small script to show the visitor's
> name:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> import cgitb
> cgitb.enable()
>
> import cgi
> import Cookie
> import os
> import sys
>
> cookie = Cookie.SimpleCookie()
> cookie.load(os.environ.get("HTTP_COOKIE"))
>
> visitor = cookie.get("visitor")
> if visitor is None:
>     visitor_name = "Unknown"
> else:
>     visitor_name = visitor.value
>
> sys.stdout.write("Content-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n")
> print "Hello,", visitor_name
> print
> print
> print "HTTP_COOKIE=%r" % os.environ.get("HTTP_COOKIE")
>
> which you can invoke with the equivalent of
>
> http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/show_visitor.py
>
> With some luck you should see your name and can proceed to adapt your script
> accordingly.
>
> Peter

The cookie is set tyo the browser with the code i provided few posts
back

The problem is that i for soemreason cant check correctly its
existance.