from pyramid.view import view_config import logging log = logging.getLogger(__name__) @view_config(route_name='home', renderer='hello_world:templates/mytemplate.jinja2') def my_view(request): log.debug('Some Message') session = request.session if 'counter' in session: session['counter'] += 1 else: session['counter'] = 0 return {'project': 'hello_world'}