initial method for identifying potato hut laptops as cookie

core/views/other.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from troggle.core.models.logbooks import LogbookEntry, writelogbook  # , PersonL
 
 # from databaseReset import reinit_db # don't do this. databaseRest runs code *at import time*
 from troggle.core.models.troggle import Expedition
-from troggle.core.utils import current_expo
+from troggle.core.utils import current_expo, COOKIE_MAX_AGE
 from troggle.parsers.imports import (
     import_caves,
     import_drawingsfiles,
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ todo = """
   to the website.
 """
 
+def public_laptop(request):
+    """Just sets a cookie. Visit this web page from Crowley, Anathema, Aziraphale, Pulsifer etc.
+    """
+    response = HttpResponse("Cookie has been set on this machine, which now defines it as a public laptop. So login cookie lifetimes will now be short.")
+    response.set_cookie("public_laptop", "this is a public laptop", max_age=COOKIE_MAX_AGE)  # Cookie expires in 1 hour
+    return response
 
 def todos(request, module):
     """produces todo text from module