code: def state_to_cookie(state, name, path, encryption_key):
      
  
      cookie_data = "" if state.delete else state.urlstate(encryption_key)
      max_age = 0 if state.delete else STATE_COOKIE_MAX_AGE
  
      satosa_logging(logger, logging.DEBUG,
                     "Saving state as cookie, secure: %s, max-age: %s, path: %s" %
                     (STATE_COOKIE_SECURE, STATE_COOKIE_MAX_AGE, path), state)
      cookie = SimpleCookie()
      cookie[name] = cookie_data
      cookie[name]["secure"] = STATE_COOKIE_SECURE
      cookie[name]["path"] = path
      cookie[name]["max-age"] = max_age
      return cookie
docs: Saves a state to a cookie
  
      :type state: satosa.state.State
      :type name: str
      :type path: str
      :type encryption_key: str
      :rtype: http.cookies.SimpleCookie
  
      :param state: The state to save
      :param name: Name identifier of the cookie
      :param path: Endpoint path the cookie will be associated to
      :param encryption_key: Key to encrypt the state information
      :return: A cookie