Fix request/response compatability

channels/request.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
+from django.http.request import QueryDict
+from django.conf import settings
 
 
 def encode_request(request):
@@ -25,8 +27,8 @@ def decode_request(value):
     Decodes a request JSONish value to a HttpRequest object.
     """
     request = HttpRequest()
-    request.GET = MultiValueDict(value['GET'])
+    request.GET = CustomQueryDict(value['GET'])
-    request.POST = MultiValueDict(value['POST'])
+    request.POST = CustomQueryDict(value['POST'])
     request.COOKIES = value['COOKIES']
     request.META = value['META']
     request.path = value['path']
@@ -34,3 +36,12 @@ def decode_request(value):
     request.path_info = value['path_info']
     request.response_channel = value['response_channel']
     return request
+
+
+class CustomQueryDict(QueryDict):
+    """
+    Custom override of QueryDict that sets things directly.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, values):
+        MultiValueDict.__init__(self, values)

channels/response.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.http.cookie import SimpleCookie
 from six import PY3
 
 
@@ -6,12 +7,12 @@ def encode_response(response):
     """
     Encodes a response to JSON-compatible datastructures
     """
-    # TODO: Entirely useful things like cookies
     value = {
         "content_type": getattr(response, "content_type", None),
         "content": response.content,
         "status_code": response.status_code,
         "headers": list(response._headers.values()),
+        "cookies": {k: v.output(header="") for k, v in response.cookies.items()}
     }
     if PY3:
         value["content"] = value["content"].decode('utf8')
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ def decode_response(value):
         content_type = value['content_type'],
         status = value['status_code'],
     )
+    for cookie in value['cookies'].values():
+        response.cookies.load(cookie)
     response._headers = {k.lower: (k, v) for k, v in value['headers']}
     return response