[Patch #969900] Various corrections and updates to cookielib docs
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@ -140,17 +140,18 @@ RFC 2965.}
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\subsection{CookieJar and FileCookieJar Objects \label{cookie-jar-objects}}
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\class{CookieJar} objects support the iterator protocol.
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\class{CookieJar} objects support the iterator protocol for iterating
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over contained \class{Cookie} objects.
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\class{CookieJar} has the following methods:
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\begin{methoddesc}[CookieJar]{add_cookie_header}{request}
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Add correct \mailheader{Cookie} header to \var{request}.
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If the CookiePolicy allows (ie. the \class{CookiePolicy} instance's
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\member{rfc2965} and \member{hide_cookie2} attributes are true and
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false respectively), the \mailheader{Cookie2} header is also added
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when appropriate.
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If policy allows (ie. the \member{rfc2965} and \member{hide_cookie2}
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attributes of the \class{CookieJar}'s \class{CookiePolicy} instance
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are true and false respectively), the \mailheader{Cookie2} header is
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also added when appropriate.
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The \var{request} object (usually a \class{urllib2.Request} instance)
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must support the methods \method{get_full_url()}, \method{get_host()},
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@ -279,15 +280,17 @@ this happens.
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\class{FileCookieJar} instances have the following public attributes:
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\begin{memberdesc}{filename}
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Filename of default file in which to keep cookies.
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Filename of default file in which to keep cookies. This attribute may
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be assigned to.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}{delayload}
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If true, load cookies lazily from disk. This is only a hint, since
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this only affects performance, not behaviour (unless the cookies on
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disk are changing). A \class{CookieJar} object may ignore it. None
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of the \class{FileCookieJar} classes included in the standard library
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lazily loads cookies.
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If true, load cookies lazily from disk. This attribute should not be
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assigned to. This is only a hint, since this only affects
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performance, not behaviour (unless the cookies on disk are changing).
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A \class{CookieJar} object may ignore it. None of the
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\class{FileCookieJar} classes included in the standard library lazily
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loads cookies.
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\end{memberdesc}
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@ -303,7 +306,7 @@ that reads Microsoft Internet Explorer cookies, are available at
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policy=\constant{None}}
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A \class{FileCookieJar} that can load from and save cookies to disk in
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the Mozilla \code{cookies.txt} file format (which is also used by the
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lynx and Netscape browsers). \note{This loses information about RFC
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Lynx and Netscape browsers). \note{This loses information about RFC
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2965 cookies, and also about newer or non-standard cookie-attributes
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such as \code{port}.}
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@ -351,9 +354,8 @@ Return false if cookies should not be returned, given cookie domain.
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This method is an optimization. It removes the need for checking
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every cookie with a particular domain (which might involve reading
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many files). The default implementations of
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\method{domain_return_ok()} and \method{path_return_ok()}
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(\samp{return True}) leave all the work to \method{return_ok()}.
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many files). Returning true from \method{domain_return_ok()} and
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\method{path_return_ok()} leaves all the work to \method{return_ok()}.
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If \method{domain_return_ok()} returns true for the cookie domain,
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\method{path_return_ok()} is called for the cookie path. Otherwise,
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@ -386,20 +388,22 @@ attributes, indicating which protocols should be used, and how. All
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of these attributes may be assigned to.
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\begin{memberdesc}{netscape}
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Implement netscape protocol.
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Implement Netscape protocol.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}{rfc2965}
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Implement RFC 2965 protocol.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}{hide_cookie2}
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Don't add Cookie2 header to requests (the presence of this header
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indicates to the server that we understand RFC 2965 cookies).
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Don't add \mailheader{Cookie2} header to requests (the presence of
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this header indicates to the server that we understand RFC 2965
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cookies).
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\end{memberdesc}
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The most useful way to define a \class{CookiePolicy} class is by
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subclassing from \class{DefaultCookiePolicy} and overriding some or
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all of the methods above. \class{CookiePolicy} itself may be used as
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a 'null policy' to allow setting and receiving any and all cookies.
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a 'null policy' to allow setting and receiving any and all cookies
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(this is unlikely to be useful).
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\subsection{DefaultCookiePolicy Objects \label{default-cookie-policy-objects}}
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@ -440,8 +444,9 @@ the \var{blocked_domains} constructor argument, and
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\var{allowed_domains}). If you set a whitelist, you can turn it off
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again by setting it to \constant{None}.
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Domains in block or allow lists that do not start with a dot must be
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equal. For example, \code{"example.com"} matches a blacklist entry of
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Domains in block or allow lists that do not start with a dot must
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equal the cookie domain to be matched. For example,
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\code{"example.com"} matches a blacklist entry of
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\code{"example.com"}, but \code{"www.example.com"} does not. Domains
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that do start with a dot are matched by more specific domains too.
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For example, both \code{"www.example.com"} and
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}{DomainStrictNonDomain}
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Cookies that did not explicitly specify a \code{domain}
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cookie-attribute can only be returned to a domain that string-compares
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equal to the domain that set the cookie (eg. \code{spam.example.com}
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won't be returned cookies from \code{example.com} that had no
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\code{domain} cookie-attribute).
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cookie-attribute can only be returned to a domain equal to the domain
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that set the cookie (eg. \code{spam.example.com} won't be returned
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cookies from \code{example.com} that had no \code{domain}
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cookie-attribute).
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}{DomainRFC2965Match}
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When setting cookies, require a full RFC 2965 domain-match.
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@ -574,17 +579,17 @@ Integer or \constant{None}. Netscape cookies have version 0. RFC
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2965 and RFC 2109 cookies have version 1.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[Cookie]{name}
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Cookie name (a string), or \constant{None}.
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Cookie name (a string).
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[Cookie]{value}
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Cookie value (a string).
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Cookie value (a string), or \constant{None}.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[Cookie]{port}
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String representing a port or a set of ports (eg. '80', or '80,8080'),
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or \constant{None}.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[Cookie]{path}
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Cookie path (a string, eg. '/acme/rocket_launchers').
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Cookie path (a string, eg. \code{'/acme/rocket_launchers'}).
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[Cookie]{secure}
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True if cookie should only be returned over a secure connection.
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\end{memberdesc}
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\begin{memberdesc}[Cookie]{domain_initial_dot}
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True if the domain explicitly specified by the server began with a
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dot ('.').
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dot (\code{'.'}).
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\end{memberdesc}
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Cookies may have additional non-standard cookie-attributes. These may
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\end{verbatim}
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This example illustrates how to open a URL using your Netscape,
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Mozilla, or lynx cookies (assumes \UNIX{} convention for location of
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the cookies file):
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Mozilla, or Lynx cookies (assumes \UNIX{}/Netscape convention for
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location of the cookies file):
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\begin{verbatim}
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import os, cookielib, urllib2
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cj = cookielib.MozillaCookieJar()
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cj.load(os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], "/.netscape/cookies.txt"))
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cj.load(os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".netscape/cookies.txt"))
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opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))
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r = opener.open("http://example.com/")
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\end{verbatim}
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\begin{verbatim}
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import urllib2
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from cookielib import CookieJar, DefaultCookiePolicy as Policy
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policy = Policy(rfc2965=True, strict_ns_domain=Policy.DomainStrict,
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blocked_domains=["ads.net", ".ads.net"])
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from cookielib import CookieJar, DefaultCookiePolicy
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policy = DefaultCookiePolicy(
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rfc2965=True, strict_ns_domain=Policy.DomainStrict,
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blocked_domains=["ads.net", ".ads.net"])
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cj = CookieJar(policy)
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opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))
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r = opener.open("http://example.com/")
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