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def get_token_from_cookie(request):

    assert(request.method == 'GET'),\

        "Cookie based authentication is only allowed to GET requests"

    token = None

    if COOKIE_NAME in request.COOKIES:

        cookie_value = unquote(request.COOKIES.get(COOKIE_NAME, ''))

        account, sep, token = cookie_value.partition('|')

    return token

def view_method():

    """Decorator function for views."""

    def decorator(func):

        @wraps(func)

        def wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):

            request.META['HTTP_X_AUTH_TOKEN'] = get_token_from_cookie(request)

            # Get the response object

            response = func(request, *args, **kwargs)

            # TODO: support additional success codes

            if response.status_code == 200:

                return response

            else:

                # TODO: raise more specific exceptions

                raise Exception()

        return wrapper

    return decorator