Python regex checker

regex_checker.py

# regex_checker.py
import re
expression = "setCookie('YPF8827340282Jdskjhfiw_928937459182JAX666', '31.221.70.151', 10);"


# pattern = re.compile("^setCookie\('([^']+)', '([^'])', [0-9]+\);$")
pattern = re.compile("^setCookie\('([^']+)'.*$")

print pattern

matches = pattern.search(expression)
print "All: %s" % matches.group()
print "First match: %s" % matches.group(0)
print "Second match (name of cookie): %s" % matches.group(1)

cookieName = matches.group(1)

print "Cookie name: %s" % cookieName

I have updated the script to return all three groups from the expression:

regex_checker.py

import re
expression = "setCookie('YPF8827340282Jdskjhfiw_928937459182JAX666', '31.221.70.151', 10);"

pattern = re.compile("^setCookie('([^']+)', '([^']+)', ([0-9]+)).*$")

print pattern

matches = pattern.search(expression)
print "All: %s" % matches.group()
print "First match: %s" % matches.group(0)
print "Second match (name of cookie): %s" % matches.group(1)
print "Third match (value of cookie): %s" % matches.group(2)
print "Fourth match (No. of days when cookie expires): %s" % matches.group(3)

cookieName = matches.group(1)
cookieValue = matches.group(2)
cookieExpiryDate = matches.group(3)

print "Cookie name: %s" % cookieName
print "Cookie value: %s" % cookieValue
print "No. of days when cookie expires: %s" % cookieExpiryDate

which returns:
(.env)[vagrant@localhost vagrant]$ python bc44f597efe48ba2ea9a/regex_checker.py
<_sre.SRE_Pattern object at 0x172a710>
All: setCookie('YPF8827340282Jdskjhfiw_928937459182JAX666', '31.221.70.151', 10);
First match: setCookie('YPF8827340282Jdskjhfiw_928937459182JAX666', '31.221.70.151', 10);
Second match (name of cookie): YPF8827340282Jdskjhfiw_928937459182JAX666
Third match (value of cookie): 31.221.70.151
Fourth match (No. of days when cookie expires): 10
Cookie name: YPF8827340282Jdskjhfiw_928937459182JAX666
Cookie value: 31.221.70.151
No. of days when cookie expires: 10