sessionid = hashlib.md5(user.encode('utf')).hexdigest()
#generates the session id for the cookie

response = make_response(open('LoginPassed.xml').read())
response.set_cookie('sessionid', sessionid)

for name in request.cookies:

  #I am trying to get the value of a sessionid cookie to compare if that
  #hash matches with the hash value of the email sent

       value = request.cookies.get('sessionid')
       items = value.items

       for a, b in items:

        if  b ==  hashlib.md5(_email.encode('utf')).hexdigest():

            response = make_response()
            response.headers['NewSession'] = 'new'
            return LoginPassed(name)
        return LoginError()