Parse Set-Cookie headers in Python

python_parse_set_cookie_headers.py

try:
    from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
except ImportError:
    from Cookie import SimpleCookie

headers = ('Set-Cookie: foo=bar; Domain=example.com; Path=/some/path',
           'Set-Cookie: baz=42; Domain=example.com; Expires=Thu, 12-Jan-2017 13:55:08 GMT; Path=/')

cookies = SimpleCookie('\r\n'.join(headers))

foo_cookie = cookies['foo']
assert foo_cookie.value == 'bar'
assert foo_cookie['domain'] == 'example.com'
assert foo_cookie['path'] == '/some/path'
assert not foo_cookie['expires']

baz_cookie = cookies['baz']
assert baz_cookie.value == '42'
assert baz_cookie['expires'] == 'Thu, 12-Jan-2017 13:55:08 GMT'


# Extra: an example of parsing Flask's response cookies:
with app.test_client() as c:
    rv = c.get('/?vodka=42')
    cookies = SimpleCookie('\r\n'.join(rv.headers.get_all('Set-Cookie')))
    # ...