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JustAPI

Response Cookies and Headers

Setting Cookies

Section titled “Setting Cookies”
from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
from justapi import JustAPIApp


app = JustAPIApp()


@app.get("/set-cookie")
def set_cookie():
    response = JSONResponse(content={"message": "cookie set"})
    response.set_cookie("session_id", "abc123", httponly=True, secure=True)
    return response

Deleting Cookies

Section titled “Deleting Cookies”
@app.get("/clear-cookie")
def clear_cookie():
    response = JSONResponse(content={"message": "cookie cleared"})
    response.delete_cookie("session_id")
    return response
Section titled “Cookie Options”
Option Description
max_age Expiration in seconds
httponly Prevent JavaScript access
secure Only send over HTTPS
samesite CSRF protection ("lax", "strict", "none")
path Cookie scope path

Custom Response Headers

Section titled “Custom Response Headers”
@app.get("/with-headers")
def with_headers():
    response = JSONResponse(content={"data": "value"})
    response.headers["X-Request-Id"] = "req-123"
    response.headers["X-Response-Time"] = "42ms"
    return response

See Also

Section titled “See Also”