Java

Example: Http.SetCookieXml method

Demonstrates the SetCookieXml method. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Http http = new Http();

        http.setSaveCookies(true);
        http.setCookieDir("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.setSendCookies(false);

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

        // Examine the LastResponseHeader to see the cookies that were received:
        System.out.println(http.getLastResponseHeader());
        System.out.println("----------------------------------");

        // 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.
        System.out.println(http.getCookieXml("google.com"));
        System.out.println("----------------------------------");

        // 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:
        Http httpB = new Http();

        httpB.setSaveCookies(true);
        httpB.setCookieDir("c:/temp/cookie_cache");
        httpB.setSendCookies(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.
        System.out.println(httpB.getLastHeader());
        System.out.println("----------------------------------");

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

        Http httpC = new Http();

        httpC.setSaveCookies(true);
        // Do not save cookies to files, just keep them in memory.
        httpC.setCookieDir("memory");
        httpC.setSendCookies(true);

        StringBuilder sbCookiesXml = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            sbCookiesXml.loadFile("c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml", "utf-8");

            httpC.setCookieXml("google.com", sbCookiesXml.getAsString());
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

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

        // Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
        System.out.println(httpC.getLastHeader());
    }
}