web2py cookies never expire (unless the client deleted cookies) but authentication does in two ways:
1) it check last acces datetime so you can change the expiration time in seconds auth.settings.expiration = 10000000000 2) admin deletes session files that have been unused in a while, so delete applications/admin/cron/expire_sessions.py On May 1, 8:02 pm, Pystar <aitoehi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, thanks > Example: > How do I allow a user to stay logged in to my site for as long as > possible? Or have the site remeber the user? without allowing the user > log in again and again > > On May 2, 1:56 am, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > it does. > > > if 'counter' in request.cookies: > > # retrieve cookie > > counter = request.cookies['counter'].value +1 > > else: > > counter=1 > > > # set cookie > > response.cookies['counter'] = counter > > > request.cookies[name] is a Morsel > > Objecthttp://docs.python.org/library/cookie.html > > > Massimo > > > On May 1, 7:36 pm, Pystar <aitoehi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In dealing with authentication and session do I need to deal with raw > > > cookies? or does web2py handle that for me?