Create A Cookie That Lasts Until The Browser Is Closed(session Cookie?)

I am familiar with assigning, creating cookies in Python. But I am unsure how to create a cookie that will last until the current browser session is closed(so I have a very rudimen

Solution 1:

Just leave out the "expires" value altogether, i.e. don't set it to anything. See the Wikipedia entry for details:

Set-Cookie: made_write_conn=1295214458; path=/; domain=.foo.com

[...]

The second cookie made_write_conn does not have expiration date, making it a session cookie. It will be deleted after the user closes his/her browser

In Python:

In [11]: from Cookie import SimpleCookie

In [12]: c = SimpleCookie()

In [13]: c['test'] = 'MYTEST'

In [14]: print c
Set-Cookie: test=MYTEST

Solution 2:

Mack,

Your answer looks correct to me. Setting "expires" = 0 on the Morsel object should do what you want. Have you tested it?

Looks like max-age is not supported by IE:

http://mrcoles.com/blog/cookies-max-age-vs-expires/