my $self              = shift;
  my $query             = $self->query();
  my $redirectTo        = $query->param('redirectTo');

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$userDetails='<all info that needs to be stored>';     
my $expires = '+12M';
my $kpi_cookie = $query->cookie(-name=>'kpi',                                           -value=>$userDetails,                                           -expires=>$expires,);
        
$self->header_props(-cookie=>[$kpi_cookie]);
my $template = $self->load_tmpl('index.html'); 
my $lmess  = "Successfully logged in";
$template->param(MSG => $lmess);
return $template->output;