.. note::
The various named parameters found in :mailheader:`Set-Cookie` and
- :mailheader:`Set-Cookie2` headers (eg. ``domain`` and ``expires``) are
+ :mailheader:`Set-Cookie2` headers (for example, ``domain`` and ``expires``) are
conventionally referred to as :dfn:`attributes`. To distinguish them from
Python attributes, the documentation for this module uses the term
:dfn:`cookie-attribute` instead.
Constructor arguments should be passed as keyword arguments only.
*blocked_domains* is a sequence of domain names that we never accept cookies
- from, nor return cookies to. *allowed_domains* if not :const:`None`, this is a
+ from, nor return cookies to. *allowed_domains* if not ``None``, this is a
sequence of the only domains for which we accept and return cookies.
*secure_protocols* is a sequence of protocols for which secure cookies can be
added to. By default *https* and *wss* (secure websocket) are considered
:class:`CookiePolicy` and :class:`DefaultCookiePolicy` objects.
:class:`DefaultCookiePolicy` implements the standard accept / reject rules for
- Netscape and :rfc:`2965` cookies. By default, :rfc:`2109` cookies (ie. cookies
+ Netscape and :rfc:`2965` cookies. By default, :rfc:`2109` cookies (that is, cookies
received in a :mailheader:`Set-Cookie` header with a version cookie-attribute of
1) are treated according to the RFC 2965 rules. However, if RFC 2965 handling
is turned off or :attr:`rfc2109_as_netscape` is ``True``, RFC 2109 cookies are
'downgraded' by the :class:`CookieJar` instance to Netscape cookies, by
- setting the :attr:`version` attribute of the :class:`Cookie` instance to 0.
+ setting the :attr:`~Cookie.version` attribute of the :class:`Cookie` instance to 0.
:class:`DefaultCookiePolicy` also provides some parameters to allow some
fine-tuning of policy.
This class represents Netscape, :rfc:`2109` and :rfc:`2965` cookies. It is not
expected that users of :mod:`!http.cookiejar` construct their own :class:`Cookie`
- instances. Instead, if necessary, call :meth:`make_cookies` on a
+ instances. Instead, if necessary, call :meth:`~CookieJar.make_cookies` on a
:class:`CookieJar` instance.
.. _cookie-jar-objects:
-CookieJar and FileCookieJar Objects
+CookieJar and FileCookieJar objects
-----------------------------------
:class:`CookieJar` objects support the :term:`iterator` protocol for iterating over
Add correct :mailheader:`Cookie` header to *request*.
- If policy allows (ie. the :attr:`rfc2965` and :attr:`hide_cookie2` attributes of
+ If policy allows (that is, the :attr:`~CookiePolicy.rfc2965` and
+ :attr:`~CookiePolicy.hide_cookie2` attributes of
the :class:`CookieJar`'s :class:`CookiePolicy` instance are true and false
respectively), the :mailheader:`Cookie2` header is also added when appropriate.
The *request* object (usually a :class:`urllib.request.Request` instance)
- must support the methods :meth:`get_full_url`, :meth:`has_header`,
- :meth:`get_header`, :meth:`header_items`, :meth:`add_unredirected_header`
- and the attributes :attr:`host`, :attr:`!type`, :attr:`unverifiable`
- and :attr:`origin_req_host` as documented by :mod:`urllib.request`.
+ must support the methods :meth:`~urllib.request.Request.get_full_url`,
+ :meth:`~urllib.request.Request.has_header`,
+ :meth:`~urllib.request.Request.get_header`,
+ :meth:`~urllib.request.Request.header_items`,
+ :meth:`~urllib.request.Request.add_unredirected_header`
+ and the attributes :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.host`,
+ :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.type`, :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.unverifiable`
+ and :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.origin_req_host` as documented by
+ :mod:`urllib.request`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
- *request* object needs :attr:`origin_req_host` attribute. Dependency on a
- deprecated method :meth:`get_origin_req_host` has been removed.
+ *request* object needs :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.origin_req_host`
+ attribute. Dependency on a deprecated method
+ :meth:`!get_origin_req_host` has been removed.
.. method:: CookieJar.extract_cookies(response, request)
as appropriate (subject to the :meth:`CookiePolicy.set_ok` method's approval).
The *response* object (usually the result of a call to
- :meth:`urllib.request.urlopen`, or similar) should support an :meth:`info`
- method, which returns an :class:`email.message.Message` instance.
+ :meth:`urllib.request.urlopen`, or similar) should support an
+ :meth:`~http.client.HTTPResponse.info` method, which returns an
+ :class:`email.message.Message` instance.
The *request* object (usually a :class:`urllib.request.Request` instance)
- must support the method :meth:`get_full_url` and the attributes
- :attr:`host`, :attr:`unverifiable` and :attr:`origin_req_host`,
+ must support the method :meth:`~urllib.request.Request.get_full_url` and
+ the attributes :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.host`,
+ :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.unverifiable`
+ and :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.origin_req_host`,
as documented by :mod:`urllib.request`. The request is used to set
default values for cookie-attributes as well as for checking that the
cookie is allowed to be set.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
- *request* object needs :attr:`origin_req_host` attribute. Dependency on a
- deprecated method :meth:`get_origin_req_host` has been removed.
+ *request* object needs :attr:`~urllib.request.Request.origin_req_host`
+ attribute. Dependency on a deprecated method
+ :meth:`!get_origin_req_host` has been removed.
.. method:: CookieJar.set_policy(policy)
Discard all session cookies.
- Discards all contained cookies that have a true :attr:`discard` attribute
+ Discards all contained cookies that have a true :attr:`~Cookie.discard` attribute
(usually because they had either no ``max-age`` or ``expires`` cookie-attribute,
or an explicit ``discard`` cookie-attribute). For interactive browsers, the end
of a session usually corresponds to closing the browser window.
- Note that the :meth:`save` method won't save session cookies anyway, unless you
- ask otherwise by passing a true *ignore_discard* argument.
+ Note that the :meth:`~FileCookieJar.save` method won't save session cookies
+ anyway, unless you ask otherwise by passing a true *ignore_discard* argument.
:class:`FileCookieJar` implements the following additional methods:
method unimplemented.
*filename* is the name of file in which to save cookies. If *filename* is not
- specified, :attr:`self.filename` is used (whose default is the value passed to
- the constructor, if any); if :attr:`self.filename` is :const:`None`,
+ specified, :attr:`self.filename <FileCookieJar.filename>` is used (whose
+ default is the value passed to the constructor, if any); if
+ :attr:`self.filename <FileCookieJar.filename>` is ``None``,
:exc:`ValueError` is raised.
*ignore_discard*: save even cookies set to be discarded. *ignore_expires*: save
.. _cookie-policy-objects:
-CookiePolicy Objects
+CookiePolicy objects
--------------------
Objects implementing the :class:`CookiePolicy` interface have the following
.. _default-cookie-policy-objects:
-DefaultCookiePolicy Objects
+DefaultCookiePolicy objects
---------------------------
Implements the standard rules for accepting and returning cookies.
A domain blocklist and allowlist is provided (both off by default). Only domains
not in the blocklist and present in the allowlist (if the allowlist is active)
participate in cookie setting and returning. Use the *blocked_domains*
-constructor argument, and :meth:`blocked_domains` and
-:meth:`set_blocked_domains` methods (and the corresponding argument and methods
-for *allowed_domains*). If you set an allowlist, you can turn it off again by
-setting it to :const:`None`.
+constructor argument, and :meth:`~DefaultCookiePolicy.blocked_domains` and
+:meth:`~DefaultCookiePolicy.set_blocked_domains` methods (and the corresponding
+argument and methods for *allowed_domains*). If you set an allowlist, you can
+turn it off again by setting it to ``None``.
Domains in block or allow lists that do not start with a dot must equal the
cookie domain to be matched. For example, ``"example.com"`` matches a blocklist
.. method:: DefaultCookiePolicy.allowed_domains()
- Return :const:`None`, or the sequence of allowed domains (as a tuple).
+ Return ``None``, or the sequence of allowed domains (as a tuple).
.. method:: DefaultCookiePolicy.set_allowed_domains(allowed_domains)
- Set the sequence of allowed domains, or :const:`None`.
+ Set the sequence of allowed domains, or ``None``.
.. method:: DefaultCookiePolicy.is_not_allowed(domain)
.. attribute:: DefaultCookiePolicy.rfc2109_as_netscape
If true, request that the :class:`CookieJar` instance downgrade :rfc:`2109` cookies
- (ie. cookies received in a :mailheader:`Set-Cookie` header with a version
+ (that is, cookies received in a :mailheader:`Set-Cookie` header with a version
cookie-attribute of 1) to Netscape cookies by setting the version attribute of
- the :class:`Cookie` instance to 0. The default value is :const:`None`, in which
+ the :class:`Cookie` instance to 0. The default value is ``None``, in which
case RFC 2109 cookies are downgraded if and only if :rfc:`2965` handling is turned
off. Therefore, RFC 2109 cookies are downgraded by default.
.. attribute:: DefaultCookiePolicy.DomainStrictNoDots
- When setting cookies, the 'host prefix' must not contain a dot (eg.
+ When setting cookies, the 'host prefix' must not contain a dot (for example,
``www.foo.bar.com`` can't set a cookie for ``.bar.com``, because ``www.foo``
contains a dot).
.. attribute:: DefaultCookiePolicy.DomainStrictNonDomain
Cookies that did not explicitly specify a ``domain`` cookie-attribute can only
- be returned to a domain equal to the domain that set the cookie (eg.
+ be returned to a domain equal to the domain that set the cookie (for example,
``spam.example.com`` won't be returned cookies from ``example.com`` that had no
``domain`` cookie-attribute).
.. attribute:: DefaultCookiePolicy.DomainLiberal
- Equivalent to 0 (ie. all of the above Netscape domain strictness flags switched
+ Equivalent to 0 (that is, all of the above Netscape domain strictness flags switched
off).
Equivalent to ``DomainStrictNoDots|DomainStrictNonDomain``.
-Cookie Objects
+Cookie objects
--------------
:class:`Cookie` instances have Python attributes roughly corresponding to the
.. attribute:: Cookie.version
- Integer or :const:`None`. Netscape cookies have :attr:`version` 0. :rfc:`2965` and
+ Integer or ``None``. Netscape cookies have :attr:`version` 0. :rfc:`2965` and
:rfc:`2109` cookies have a ``version`` cookie-attribute of 1. However, note that
:mod:`!http.cookiejar` may 'downgrade' RFC 2109 cookies to Netscape cookies, in which
case :attr:`version` is 0.
.. attribute:: Cookie.value
- Cookie value (a string), or :const:`None`.
+ Cookie value (a string), or ``None``.
.. attribute:: Cookie.port
- String representing a port or a set of ports (eg. '80', or '80,8080'), or
- :const:`None`.
+ String representing a port or a set of ports (for example, '80', or '80,8080'), or
+ ``None``.
.. attribute:: Cookie.domain
.. attribute:: Cookie.path
- Cookie path (a string, eg. ``'/acme/rocket_launchers'``).
+ Cookie path (a string, for example, ``'/acme/rocket_launchers'``).
.. attribute:: Cookie.secure
.. attribute:: Cookie.expires
- Integer expiry date in seconds since epoch, or :const:`None`. See also the
+ Integer expiry date in seconds since epoch, or ``None``. See also the
:meth:`is_expired` method.
.. attribute:: Cookie.comment
String comment from the server explaining the function of this cookie, or
- :const:`None`.
+ ``None``.
.. attribute:: Cookie.comment_url
URL linking to a comment from the server explaining the function of this cookie,
- or :const:`None`.
+ or ``None``.
.. attribute:: Cookie.rfc2109
- ``True`` if this cookie was received as an :rfc:`2109` cookie (ie. the cookie
+ ``True`` if this cookie was received as an :rfc:`2109` cookie (that is, the cookie
arrived in a :mailheader:`Set-Cookie` header, and the value of the Version
cookie-attribute in that header was 1). This attribute is provided because
:mod:`!http.cookiejar` may 'downgrade' RFC 2109 cookies to Netscape cookies, in
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