Caching cookies in-memory.

Caching cookies in-memory. To automatically save cookies to an in-memory cache, set the CookieDir property equal to the keyword "memory". Also, set the SaveCookies property = 1. If the SendCookies property = 1, then any cached cookies are automatically re-sent with subsequent GETs and POSTs.

Download Chilkat HTTP ActiveX

LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lcHtml
LOCAL lcXmlStr

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

*  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
lnSuccess = loHttp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loHttp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  To save cookies to an in-memory cache, set the
*  CookieDir equal to "memory".  Also,
*  set the SaveCookies property:
loHttp.CookieDir = "memory"
loHttp.SaveCookies = 1

*  Any methods that do a GET, POST, etc. will save cookies
*  to the CookieDir:

lcHtml = loHttp.QuickGetStr("https://www.paypal.com/")

*  To fetch the XML cookie(s) for a domain, call GetCookieXml:

lcXmlStr = loHttp.GetCookieXml("paypal.com")

? lcXmlStr

*  It's content will look something like this:

*  
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<cookies>
    <cookie key=".paypal.com,/" v="0" expire="Wed, 18-Dec-01 11:46:29 GMT">
        <cwrClyrK4LoZV1fydVbAxiNL6iG>%7cfDCeCmXQmy1oTIcoXsWvcd37b6p_6RgwKqM1UvJdeZRgM6VZkNmzrVEer4AeeZiaAfsEI0%7cR9EBOpbfqFYdeURXLUmpIZyfn3wBh0HB8Vn3id9mupwK_1SEYH1yrJXaPe4YRK66GZQb9W%7c</cwrClyrK4LoCV1fydGbAxiNL6iG>
        <KHcl0EuY7AKSMgfvHl7J5E7aPtK>kOs1uUEJtZyt-biv4ElK1TAK6l0VdUJ74c1ybtKppY5M2rgyRGDpACuoTR3pnPHFjudyffXO5Jgv7D2L</KHcl0EuY7AKSMgfvHl7J6E7hPtK>
        <cookie_check>yes</cookie_check>
        <navcmd>_home-general</navcmd>
        <navlns>0.0</navlns>
        <Apache>67.173.123.150.127491301803295492</Apache>
    </cookie>
</cookies>