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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-28 15:56:30 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-28 15:56:30 (GMT) |
commit | 6101395e74b1fd6118108e17c6c48512476773a2 (patch) | |
tree | da29621fbdcbe91593102140d00f751c4b066db3 /Lib/http/cookies.py | |
parent | b17acad68ea21c60dbc2088644f2934032304628 (diff) | |
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Remove deprecated SmartCookie and SerialCookie classes.
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diff --git a/Lib/http/cookies.py b/Lib/http/cookies.py index 5078d33..344bede 100644 --- a/Lib/http/cookies.py +++ b/Lib/http/cookies.py @@ -50,23 +50,14 @@ Importing is easy.. >>> from http import cookies -Most of the time you start by creating a cookie. Cookies come in -three flavors, each with slightly different encoding semantics, but -more on that later. +Most of the time you start by creating a cookie. >>> C = cookies.SimpleCookie() - >>> C = cookies.SerialCookie() - >>> C = cookies.SmartCookie() - -[Note: Long-time users of cookies.py will remember using -cookies.Cookie() to create an Cookie object. Although deprecated, it -is still supported by the code. See the Backward Compatibility notes -for more information.] Once you've created your Cookie, you can add values just as if it were a dictionary. - >>> C = cookies.SmartCookie() + >>> C = cookies.SimpleCookie() >>> C["fig"] = "newton" >>> C["sugar"] = "wafer" >>> C.output() @@ -77,7 +68,7 @@ appropriate format for a Set-Cookie: header. This is the default behavior. You can change the header and printed attributes by using the .output() function - >>> C = cookies.SmartCookie() + >>> C = cookies.SimpleCookie() >>> C["rocky"] = "road" >>> C["rocky"]["path"] = "/cookie" >>> print(C.output(header="Cookie:")) @@ -89,7 +80,7 @@ The load() method of a Cookie extracts cookies from a string. In a CGI script, you would use this method to extract the cookies from the HTTP_COOKIE environment variable. - >>> C = cookies.SmartCookie() + >>> C = cookies.SimpleCookie() >>> C.load("chips=ahoy; vienna=finger") >>> C.output() 'Set-Cookie: chips=ahoy\r\nSet-Cookie: vienna=finger' @@ -98,7 +89,7 @@ The load() method is darn-tootin smart about identifying cookies within a string. Escaped quotation marks, nested semicolons, and other such trickeries do not confuse it. - >>> C = cookies.SmartCookie() + >>> C = cookies.SimpleCookie() >>> C.load('keebler="E=everybody; L=\\"Loves\\"; fudge=\\012;";') >>> print(C) Set-Cookie: keebler="E=everybody; L=\"Loves\"; fudge=\012;" @@ -107,7 +98,7 @@ Each element of the Cookie also supports all of the RFC 2109 Cookie attributes. Here's an example which sets the Path attribute. - >>> C = cookies.SmartCookie() + >>> C = cookies.SimpleCookie() >>> C["oreo"] = "doublestuff" >>> C["oreo"]["path"] = "/" >>> print(C) @@ -116,21 +107,11 @@ attribute. Each dictionary element has a 'value' attribute, which gives you back the value associated with the key. - >>> C = cookies.SmartCookie() + >>> C = cookies.SimpleCookie() >>> C["twix"] = "none for you" >>> C["twix"].value 'none for you' - -A Bit More Advanced -------------------- - -As mentioned before, there are three different flavors of Cookie -objects, each with different encoding/decoding semantics. This -section briefly discusses the differences. - -SimpleCookie - The SimpleCookie expects that all values should be standard strings. Just to be sure, SimpleCookie invokes the str() builtin to convert the value to a string, when the values are set dictionary-style. @@ -145,62 +126,6 @@ the value to a string, when the values are set dictionary-style. >>> C.output() 'Set-Cookie: number=7\r\nSet-Cookie: string=seven' - -SerialCookie - -The SerialCookie expects that all values should be serialized using -pickle. As a result of serializing, SerialCookie can save almost any -Python object to a value, and recover the exact same object when the -cookie has been returned. (SerialCookie can yield some -strange-looking cookie values, however.) - - >>> C = cookies.SerialCookie() - >>> C["number"] = 7 - >>> C["string"] = "seven" - >>> C["number"].value - 7 - >>> C["string"].value - 'seven' - >>> C.output() - 'Set-Cookie: number="L7\\012."\r\nSet-Cookie: string="Vseven\\012p0\\012."' - -Be warned, however, if SerialCookie cannot de-serialize a value (because -it isn't a valid pickle'd object), IT WILL RAISE AN EXCEPTION. - - -SmartCookie - -The SmartCookie combines aspects of each of the other two flavors. -When setting a value in a dictionary-fashion, the SmartCookie will -serialize (ala pickle) the value *if and only if* it isn't a -Python string. String objects are *not* serialized. Similarly, -when the load() method parses out values, it attempts to de-serialize -the value. If it fails, then it fallsback to treating the value -as a string. - - >>> C = cookies.SmartCookie() - >>> C["number"] = 7 - >>> C["string"] = "seven" - >>> C["number"].value - 7 - >>> C["string"].value - 'seven' - >>> C.output() - 'Set-Cookie: number="L7\\012."\r\nSet-Cookie: string=seven' - - -Backwards Compatibility ------------------------ - -In order to keep compatibilty with earlier versions of Cookie.py, -it is still possible to use cookies.Cookie() to create a Cookie. In -fact, this simply returns a SmartCookie. - - >>> C = cookies.Cookie() - >>> print(C.__class__.__name__) - SmartCookie - - Finis. """ #" # ^ @@ -215,8 +140,7 @@ from pickle import dumps, loads import re, warnings -__all__ = ["CookieError","BaseCookie","SimpleCookie","SerialCookie", - "SmartCookie","Cookie"] +__all__ = ["CookieError", "BaseCookie", "SimpleCookie"] _nulljoin = ''.join _semispacejoin = '; '.join @@ -653,70 +577,6 @@ class SimpleCookie(BaseCookie): return strval, _quote( strval ) # end SimpleCookie -class SerialCookie(BaseCookie): - """SerialCookie - SerialCookie supports arbitrary objects as cookie values. All - values are serialized (using pickle) before being sent to the - client. All incoming values are assumed to be valid Pickle - representations. IF AN INCOMING VALUE IS NOT IN A VALID PICKLE - FORMAT, THEN AN EXCEPTION WILL BE RAISED. - - Note: Large cookie values add overhead because they must be - retransmitted on every HTTP transaction. - - Note: HTTP has a 2k limit on the size of a cookie. This class - does not check for this limit, so be careful!!! - """ - def __init__(self, input=None): - warnings.warn("SerialCookie class is insecure; do not use it", - DeprecationWarning) - BaseCookie.__init__(self, input) - # end __init__ - def value_decode(self, val): - # This could raise an exception! - return loads( _unquote(val).encode('latin-1') ), val - def value_encode(self, val): - return val, _quote( dumps(val, 0).decode('latin-1') ) -# end SerialCookie - -class SmartCookie(BaseCookie): - """SmartCookie - SmartCookie supports arbitrary objects as cookie values. If the - object is a string, then it is quoted. If the object is not a - string, however, then SmartCookie will use pickle to serialize - the object into a string representation. - - Note: Large cookie values add overhead because they must be - retransmitted on every HTTP transaction. - - Note: HTTP has a 2k limit on the size of a cookie. This class - does not check for this limit, so be careful!!! - """ - def __init__(self, input=None): - warnings.warn("Cookie/SmartCookie class is insecure; do not use it", - DeprecationWarning) - BaseCookie.__init__(self, input) - # end __init__ - def value_decode(self, val): - strval = _unquote(val) - try: - return loads(strval.encode('latin-1')), val - except: - return strval, val - def value_encode(self, val): - if isinstance(val, str): - return val, _quote(val) - else: - return val, _quote( dumps(val, 0).decode('latin-1') ) -# end SmartCookie - - -########################################################### -# Backwards Compatibility: Don't break any existing code! - -# We provide Cookie() as an alias for SmartCookie() -Cookie = SmartCookie - # ########################################################### @@ -726,8 +586,3 @@ def _test(): if __name__ == "__main__": _test() - - -#Local Variables: -#tab-width: 4 -#end: |