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cookiesparser is a mini module for parsing cookies 🍪✨. This basic but super useful tool allows you to easily extract and encode cookies from strings.
You can install cookiesparser using pip:
pip install cookiesparser
import cookiesparser as cparser
c = "token=xyz789; userId=42; color=blue;"
parsed = cparser.parse(c)
encoded = cparser.encode(parsed)
token = cparser.get_cookie(c, "token")
print(f"Orignal: {c}")
print(f"Parsed: {parsed}")
print(f"Encoded: {encoded}")
print(f"Token: {token}")
Orignal: token=xyz789; userId=42; color=blue;
Parsed: {'token': 'xyz789', 'userId': '42'}
Encoded: token=xyz789; userId=42
Token: xyz789
Contributions are welcome! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.
cookiesparser is released under the Apache License.
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