(Chilkat2-Python) Example: Http.SetCookieXml method

Demonstrates the SetCookieXml method.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

http = chilkat2.Http()

http.SaveCookies = True
http.CookieDir = "c:/temp/cookie_cache"
# For this initial request, we are not sending cookies.
# We are starting a new (cookie) session and saving the cookies we receive.
http.SendCookies = False

# Do a request that establishes and saves cookies in files in the cookie directory.
html = http.QuickGetStr("https://google.com/")

# Examine the LastResponseHeader to see the cookies that were received:
print(http.LastResponseHeader)
print("----------------------------------")

# We can see the following Set-Cookie response header fields:

# Set-Cookie: AEC=AVh_V2h-fsL2-****; expires=Mon, 23-Feb-2026 19:15:10 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=lax
# Set-Cookie: NID=525=XC_cL****Hn7-WONX; expires=Thu, 26-Feb-2026 19:15:10 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com; HttpOnly

# The following file was created:  c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml

# Examine the cookies received in the above request.
print(http.GetCookieXml("google.com"))
print("----------------------------------")

# Sample output.

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
# <cookies>
#     <cookie key=".google.com,/,AEC" v="0" expire="Mon, 23-Feb-2026 19:05:20 GMT" secure="yes">
#         <AEC>AVh_V2gL8QzTdFGYq6_rS6ktBfqm8WNG3pzHxS2nTZD5i23dRBau2c4ZRA</AEC>
#     </cookie>
#     <cookie key=".google.com,/,NID" v="0" expire="Thu, 26-Feb-2026 19:05:20 GMT">
#         <NID>525=SuLcnaSkFqF4Jz_jLEq4kt_f3MY2Xro1VDoVzLKvp8XHcW2UHuLKJSr55iDeW0NiRIPXoAwJWF1-YNl29unX2xfhEWsS5BhbuK_2DXdD9cTOmn5BSENMhZasxeJ71mEP2PQRMXBndqnl41DhblC2jjdac_so4TESIll1B0GCVe9wRFjqI6DTZItRCj61BHmr1_RAQi0_jrh_ihn6KYtIFEY7</NID>
#     </cookie>
# </cookies>

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Let's say we want to continue with the session at some later time with a new HTTP object.
# One way to do it is to simply set the same cookie properties:
httpB = chilkat2.Http()

httpB.SaveCookies = True
httpB.CookieDir = "c:/temp/cookie_cache"
httpB.SendCookies = True

# The cookies from the cache are sent.
html = httpB.QuickGetStr("https://google.com/")

# Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
print(httpB.LastHeader)
print("----------------------------------")

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Another way to do it is to explicitly load the cookies from XML
# and set the cookies for the particular domain.

httpC = chilkat2.Http()

httpC.SaveCookies = True
# Do not save cookies to files, just keep them in memory.
httpC.CookieDir = "memory"
httpC.SendCookies = True

sbCookiesXml = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = sbCookiesXml.LoadFile("c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml","utf-8")
if (success == False):
    print(sbCookiesXml.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = httpC.SetCookieXml("google.com",sbCookiesXml.GetAsString())
if (success == False):
    print(httpC.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

html = httpC.QuickGetStr("https://google.com/")

# Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
print(httpC.LastHeader)