python SimpleCookie distinguish error

Question

When i use python SimpleCookie object to pick up cookie from http headers, some exception occurs:

cookiestr = "a_em=[BU]co|12345678-901234567[DG]; Expires=Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:09:50 GMT; Domain=.somesite.com; Path=/"
C = Cookie.SimpleCookie()
C.load(cookiestr)
print C

the output is:

Set-Cookie: a_em=; Domain=.somesite.com; expires=Sat,; Path=/

the cookie value and the cookie expires time is error!

how should i solve this?

but web browser can handle it correctly and it is a real cookie from some site. — macskuz, Jan 02 '12 at 17:44
Web browsers are more error-tolerant than they should be. This is not a Python problem but a problem of the web server you are communicating with. — Niklas B., Jan 02 '12 at 17:55

joaquin · Answer 1 · 2012-01-02T17:58:02.570

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RFC format for expires should be:

Expires=Sat, 31-Dec-2016 17:09:50 GMT

The full string should be (note quotes)

cookiestr = 'a_em="[BU]co|12345678-901234567[DG]"; Expires=Sat, 31-Dec-2016 17:09:50 GMT; Domain=.somesite.com; Path=/'

edited Jan 02 '12 at 17:58

answered Jan 02 '12 at 17:45

joaquin

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@macskuz: Is also not RFC-compliant. – Niklas B. Jan 02 '12 at 17:50
@NiklasBaumstark Thanks for the additional info. This now prints correct. – joaquin Jan 02 '12 at 18:00

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