How can I get the lenth of a session in django views - django

Question

I am using a code for my wish list . I need the no of products in the wishlist to show there on my site .I tried various methods but I Think session will only do this .Can some help please .
How can I do so .
#never_cache
def wishlist(request, template="shop/wishlist.html"):
"""
Display the wishlist and handle removing items from the wishlist and
adding them to the cart.
"""
skus = request.wishlist
error = None
if request.method == "POST":
to_cart = request.POST.get("add_cart")
add_product_form = AddProductForm(request.POST or None,
to_cart=to_cart,request=request)
if to_cart:
if add_product_form.is_valid():
request.cart.add_item(add_product_form.variation, 1,request)
recalculate_discount(request)
message = _("Item added to cart")
url = "shop_cart"
else:
error = add_product_form.errors.values()[0]
else:
message = _("Item removed from wishlist")
url = "shop_wishlist"
sku = request.POST.get("sku")
if sku in skus:
skus.remove(sku)
if not error:
info(request, message)
response = redirect(url)
set_cookie(response, "wishlist", ",".join(skus))
return response
# Remove skus from the cookie that no longer exist.
published_products = Product.objects.published(for_user=request.user)
f = {"product__in": published_products, "sku__in": skus}
wishlist = ProductVariation.objects.filter(**f).select_related(depth=1)
wishlist = sorted(wishlist, key=lambda v: skus.index(v.sku))
context = {"wishlist_items": wishlist, "error": error}
response = render(request, template, context)
if len(wishlist) < len(skus):
skus = [variation.sku for variation in wishlist]
set_cookie(response, "wishlist", ",".join(skus))
return response

Answer 1

Session != Cookies. The session is managed by the server on the backend, cookies are sent to the users browser. Django uses a single cookie to help track sessions but you are simply using cookies in this instance.
The session framework lets you store and retrieve arbitrary data on a per-site-visitor basis. It stores data on the server side and abstracts the sending and receiving of cookies. Cookies contain a session ID – not the data itself (unless you’re using the cookie based backend).
It's difficult to tell what you want, but if you simply want to get a count of the number of items you are saving in the cookie, you simply have to count your skus and put it in the context being sent to the template:
if len(wishlist) < len(skus):
skus = [variation.sku for variation in wishlist]
set_cookie(response, "wishlist", ",".join(skus))
context = {"wishlist_items": wishlist, "error": error, "wishlist_length":len(wishlist)}
return render(request, template, context)
and use:
{{ wishlist_length }}
in your template