How do I set the `SameSite` attribute of HTTP cookies in python?

Question

Support for Same-Site cookies has landed in Firefox 60, but as of Python 3.6 the standard library cookie module doesn't support the SameSite attribute.

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '18 at 08:56

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Support for the SameSite attribute was added on April 7, 2018 in Pull Request #6413.

It's possible to monkey-patch older versions to support the attribute:

try:
    from http.cookies import Morsel
except ImportError:
    from Cookie import Morsel

Morsel._reserved[str('samesite')] = str('SameSite')

Or using six:

from six.moves.http_cookies import Morsel

Morsel._reserved[str('samesite')] = str('SameSite')

answered Jun 12 '18 at 08:56

Changaco

why the `str` around `samesite` and `SameSite`? – user2297550 Nov 01 '18 at 01:57
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To ensure compatibility with python 2 when the `unicode_literals` mode is on. – Changaco Nov 01 '18 at 08:05
appreciate the clarification; this helped and since i use python 3 i removed the `str` – user2297550 Nov 02 '18 at 11:39

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