Please someone else has an idea on how this to work?
Add a print statement to verify that HTTP_COOKIE does indeed have a visitor.
Or use the stuff below as a template.
Here is a minimal script to set the visitor:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import cgitb
cgitb.enable()
import cgi
import Cookie
import os
import sys
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
name = form.getfirst("name", "Unknown")
cookie = Cookie.SimpleCookie()
cookie["visitor"] = name
sys.stdout.write(cookie.output())
sys.stdout.write("\r\nContent-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n")
print "Hello, your new name is", name
Invoke it with the equivalent of
http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/set_visitor.py?name=Nikos
for your website. Then proceed with a small script to show the visitor's
name:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import cgitb
cgitb.enable()
import cgi
import Cookie
import os
import sys
cookie = Cookie.SimpleCookie()
cookie.load(os.environ.get("HTTP_COOKIE"))
visitor = cookie.get("visitor")
if visitor is None:
visitor_name = "Unknown"
else:
visitor_name = visitor.value
sys.stdout.write("Content-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n")
print "Hello,", visitor_name
print
print
print "HTTP_COOKIE=%r" % os.environ.get("HTTP_COOKIE")
which you can invoke with the equivalent of
http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/show_visitor.py
With some luck you should see your name and can proceed to adapt your script
accordingly.
Peter
