How do I start a session in a Python web application?

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I\'m looking for a function similar to PHP\'s session_start() for Python. I want to access a dictionary like

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You might consider looking into the Beaker library for Python which isn't tied to any one web framework an will work in a WSGI compatible environment:

http://beaker.groovie.org/

Beaker is a library for caching and sessions for use with web applications and stand-alone Python scripts and applications. It comes with WSGI middleware for easy drop-in use with WSGI based web applications, and caching decorators for ease of use with any Python based application.