from http import cookies # For backwards compatibility in Django 2.1. SimpleCookie = cookies.SimpleCookie def parse_cookie(cookie): """ Return a dictionary parsed from a `Cookie:` header string. """ cookiedict = {} for chunk in cookie.split(';'): if '=' in chunk: key, val = chunk.split('=', 1) else: # Assume an empty name per # https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169091 key, val = '', chunk key, val = key.strip(), val.strip() if key or val: # unquote using Python's algorithm. cookiedict[key] = cookies._unquote(val) return cookiedict