how to access cookies in django

1. To access cookies in Django, import the necessary module by adding the following line to your views or middleware:

from django.http import HttpResponse

1. In your view function or middleware, use the request.COOKIES attribute to access the cookies. For example:

def my_view(request):
    cookie_value = request.COOKIES.get('cookie_name', 'default_value')
    # Your code here
    return HttpResponse("Cookie Value: {}".format(cookie_value))

Replace 'cookie_name' with the name of the cookie you want to access and 'default_value' with the default value to be used if the cookie is not present.

1. To set cookies, use the HttpResponse class and its set_cookie method. For example:

def set_cookie_view(request):
    response = HttpResponse("Cookie set successfully!")
    response.set_cookie('cookie_name', 'cookie_value', max_age=3600)
    # Your code here
    return response

Replace 'cookie_name' with the desired cookie name, 'cookie_value' with the value to be set, and max_age with the cookie's expiration time in seconds.

Note: Make sure to replace the placeholder names and values with your actual cookie names and values.