Como acessar cookies em django
You can't just start calling methods on the HttpResponse class, you have to instantiate it e.g. response = HttpResponse("Hello World"), call the cookie method, and then return it from your view.
response = render_to_response(template_name, context)
response.set_cookie('logged_in_status', 'never_use_this_ever')
return response
# remember my other answer:
# it's a terrrible idea to set logged in status on a cookie.
To get the cookie:
request.COOKIES.get('logged_in_status')
# remember, this is a terrible idea.
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