class BaseHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def dispatch(self):
        # Get a session store for this request.
        self.session_store = sessions.get_store(request=self.request)

        try:
            # Dispatch the request.
            webapp2.RequestHandler.dispatch(self)
        finally:
            # Save all sessions.
            self.session_store.save_sessions(self.response)

    @webapp2.cached_property
    def session(self):
        # Returns a session using the default cookie key.
        return self.session_store.get_session()

self.session['name'] = name

name = self.session.get('name')

config = {}
 config['webapp2_extras.sessions'] = {'secret_key': 'some-secret-key-to-use',}

app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([('/hello.*', MainHandler),
                            ], config=config, debug=True)

class BaseHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def dispatch(self):
        # Get a session store for this request.
        self.session_store = sessions.get_store(request=self.request)
        try:
            # Dispatch the request.
            webapp2.RequestHandler.dispatch(self)
        finally:
            # Save all sessions.
            self.session_store.save_sessions(self.response)
    @webapp2.cached_property
    def session(self):
        # Returns a session using the default cookie key.
        sess = self.session_store.get_session()
        #add some default values:
        if not sess.get('theme'):
            sess['theme']='cosmo'#'slate'
        return sess


class MainPage(BaseHandler):
    def get(self):
        template = JINJA_ENVIRONMENT.get_template('stereo.html')
        if self.request.get('theme'):
            theme=self.request.get('theme')
            self.session['theme']=theme
        else:
            theme=self.session['theme']