The module formerly strictly applied the parsing rules described in the

:rfc:`2109` and:rfc:`2068` specifications. It has since been discovered that

MSIE 3.0x doesn't follow the character rules outlined in those specs and also

many current day browsers and servers have relaxed parsing rules when comes to

Cookie handling. As a result, the parsing rules used are a bit less strict.

MSIE 3.0x didn't follow the character rules outlined in those specs; many

current-day browsers and servers have also relaxed parsing rules when it comes

to cookie handling. As a result, this module now uses parsing rules that are a

bit less strict than they once were.

The character set,:data:`string.ascii_letters`,:data:`string.digits` and

``!#$%&'*+-.^_`|~:`` denote the set of valid characters allowed by this module

inCookie name (as:attr:`~Morsel.key`).

ina cookie name (as:attr:`~Morsel.key`).

..versionchanged::3.3

Allowed ':' as a validCookie name character.

Allowed ':' as a validcookie name character.

..note::

..class::SimpleCookie([input])

This class derives from:class:`BaseCookie` and overrides:meth:`value_decode`

and:meth:`value_encode`. SimpleCookie supports strings as cookie values.

When setting the value, SimpleCookie calls the builtin:func:`str()` to convert

This class derives from:class:`BaseCookie` and overrides:meth:`~BaseCookie.value_decode`

and:meth:`~BaseCookie.value_encode`.:class:`!SimpleCookie` supports

strings as cookie values. When setting the value,:class:`!SimpleCookie`

calls the builtin:func:`str` to convert

the value to a string. Values received from HTTP are kept as strings.

..seealso::

Abstract a key/value pair, which has some:rfc:`2109` attributes.

Morsels are dictionary-like objects, whose set of keys is constant --- the valid

:rfc:`2109` attributes, which are

:rfc:`2109` attributes, which are:

path

comment

domain

max-age

secure

version

httponly

samesite

The attribute:attr:`httponly` specifies that the cookie is only transferred

in HTTP requests, and is not accessible through JavaScript. This is intended

The keys are case-insensitive and their default value is ``''``.

..versionchanged::3.5

:meth:`~Morsel.__eq__` now takes:attr:`~Morsel.key` and:attr:`~Morsel.value`

:meth:`!__eq__` now takes:attr:`~Morsel.key` and:attr:`~Morsel.value`

into account.

..versionchanged::3.7

Doc/library/getopt.rst

Doc/library/http.client.rst

Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst

Doc/library/http.cookies.rst

Doc/library/http.server.rst

Doc/library/importlib.rst

Doc/library/inspect.rst