views.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render,redirect
from django.conf import settings

from datetime import datetime

from dashboard.models import Messages

def index(request):
	context_dict = {}
	context_dict['hi'] = 'hi'
	context_dict['data'] = Messages.objects.all()[::-1]
	response = render(request, 'dashboard/index.html', context_dict)

	#response.set_cookie("my_cookie","hello world")
	#print request.COOKIES.get('my_cookie1','N/A')
	print request.COOKIES

	visits = int(request.COOKIES.get('visits','1'))

	if 'last_visit' in request.COOKIES:
		last_visit = request.COOKIES['last_visit']
		last_visit_time = datetime.strptime(last_visit[:-7], "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

		#more than one day since the last visit
		if (datetime.now() - last_visit_time).seconds > 10:
			response.set_cookie('visits',visits+1)
			response.set_cookie('last_visit', datetime.now())
		else:
			pass
	else:
		response.set_cookie('last_visit',datetime.now())

	return response


def login(request):
	context_dict = {}
	return render(request, 'dashboard/login.html', context_dict)