Django Cookie is not set properly

Question

I am trying to set a cookie in a Django view. Something like this:

def my_view(request):
    response = HttpResponse('Setting a cookie')
    if 'my_cookie' in request.COOKIES:
        return HttpResponse('Cookie found.')
    else:
        response.set_cookie('my_cookie', 'value')
        return HttpResponse('Cookie set.')

In my mind, how it should work is this: on the first load, the cookie is not found, so its set and 'Cookie set.' is returned. If I reload the page, the cookie should be found, since it has been set already, so 'Cookie found.' is returned.

However, every time I reload, I get 'Cookie set.' for some reason. Any help? Thanks.

EDIT

I edited my code according the first comment:

def my_view(request):
    response = HttpResponse('Setting a cookie')
    if 'my_cookie' in request.COOKIES:
        print 'Cookie found.'
        response = HttpResponse(request.COOKIES['my_cookie'])
        return response
    else:
        print 'Cookie set.'
        response.set_cookie('my_cookie', 'value')
        response = HttpResponse('value')
        return response

I am returning the object that is being used to set the cookie. I am only trying to get the value. However, in my console, I always get 'Cookie set.', why is that?

You’re setting the cookie on a response object, then returning a different object. Instead, set the cookie on the object you actually return. — Jed Fox, Nov 25 '16 at 20:10
@JF I edited my code according to your comment. Still does not work :/ — darkhorse, Nov 25 '16 at 20:17
You have to put the `set_cookie` line **after** the line setting `response`. — Jed Fox, Nov 25 '16 at 20:18

Django Cookie is not set properly

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