cookies take 2

    def check_for_existing_session(self):
        log.critical("in check_for_existing_session")
        #print dir(session)
        #print session.keys()
        #print session["_id"]
        if "userid" in session:
            log.critical("userid in session")
            return dict(logged_in=True, username=session['username'], institution=session['institution_name'])
        else:
            # check if cookie set
            log.critical("userid not in session")
            try:
                log.critical(request.cookies.keys())
                cache_key = request.cookies[str(app_globals.LOGIN_CACHE_COOKIE)]
                log.critcal("pulled cookie: " + cache_key)
                # the cookie value is the key for the memcache, so check if valid
                try:
                    auth = authenticate.memcache_check(cache_key)
                    log.critical("cache value: " + auth)
                    if auth is not None:
                        self._session_save(auth)
                        return dict(success=True, url=app_globals.navigation_urls['LOGIN_SUCCESS_URL'])
                    else:
                        return dict(success=False, message='Invalid username/password, or access denied.')
                except:
                    # not in cache, fail the authenticated login
                    log.critical("cache miss")
                    return dict(logged_in=False, url="/login.html")
            except:
                log.critical("cookie miss")
                return dict(logged_in=False, url="/login.html")
            # yes, check if memcache is set

        #else:
        #    log.critical("not in session and no cookie")
        #    return dict(logged_in=False, url="/login.html")



produced the following output after whacking the session cookie
2010-12-13 15:50:16,929 CRITI [sharedshelf.controllers.login] in check_for_existing_session
2010-12-13 15:50:16,930 CRITI [sharedshelf.controllers.login] userid not in session
2010-12-13 15:50:16,930 CRITI [sharedshelf.controllers.login] ['hudson_auto_refresh', 'AS_SSO', 'f47e1843c8bb25527780def85e354b07']
2010-12-13 15:50:16,930 CRITI [sharedshelf.controllers.login] cookie miss


The AS_SSO cookie is in the list, just having problems retrieving it.