def authenticated(self):
        print dir(session)
        print session.keys()
        print session["_id"]
        try:
            response.set_cookie("random_string","random_value")
        except:
            log.critical("set failed")
        log.critical(request.cookies.keys())
        try:
            cookie_get = request.cookies["random_string"]
            log.critical("authenticated cookie :" + cookie_get)
        except:
            log.critical("get failed")
        if "userid" in session:
            return dict(logged_in=True, username=session['username'], institution=session['institution_name'])
        else:
            return dict(logged_in=False, url="/login.html")