Setting a timeout for a cookie

[sophie_newbie]

Hi,

I'm wondering how do you set a 'timeout' or expiry date/time for a
cookie set using a python cgi script. I can set a cookie ok but I
dunno how to set the expiry time so it always expires at the end of
the session.

Thanks!

[Peter Bengtsson]

On Oct 15, 4:09 pm, sophie_newbie <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I'm wondering how do you set a 'timeout' or expiry date/time for a
cookie set using a python cgi script. I can set a cookie ok but I
dunno how to set the expiry time so it always expires at the end of
the session.

Easy, you don't. It's only if you set a timeout (aka. expires
parameter) that it will last longer than the session.
Just don't set it and it'll last till the browser is shut down.

[John J. Lee]

Peter Bengtsson <pe*****@gmail.comwrites:

On Oct 15, 4:09 pm, sophie_newbie <[e-mail]:

>Hi,

I'm wondering how do you set a 'timeout' or expiry date/time for a
cookie set using a python cgi script. I can set a cookie ok but I
dunno how to set the expiry time so it always expires at the end of
the session.

Easy, you don't. It's only if you set a timeout (aka. expires
parameter) that it will last longer than the session.
Just don't set it and it'll last till the browser is shut down.

And don't set a max-age parameter either (max-age and expires do
essentially the same thing).
John