Check for a cookie with Python Flask

request.cookies.get('my_cookie')

should have worked. If it didn't work, you may not have access to the request object when you call this line.

Try importing flask at the top

import flask

then call

cookie = flask.request.cookies.get('my_cookie')

If the cookies exists, it will get assigned to cookie and if not then cookie will equal None

request.cookies is a dict, so:

from flask import request

if 'country' in request.cookies:
    # do something
else:
    # do something else