Java

Adding Cookies to an HTTP Request

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Demonstrates how to add one or more cookies to an HTTP request. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpRequest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();

        // The Cookie header field has this format:
        // Cookie: name1=value1 [; name2=value2] ...

        // Build an HTTP POST request:
        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        req.setFromUrl("http://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPost.asp");
        req.setHttpVerb("POST");

        req.addParam("param1", "value1");
        req.addParam("param2", "value2");

        // To add cookies to any HTTP request sent by a Chilkat HTTP method
        // that uses an HTTP request object, add the cookies to the
        // request object by calling AddHeader.

        // Add two cookies:
        req.addHeader("Cookie", "user=\"mary\"; city=\"Chicago\"");

        // Send the HTTP POST.
        // (The cookies are sent as part of the HTTP header.)

        String domain = "www.chilkatsoft.com";
        int port = 80;
        boolean ssl = false;
        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpSReq(domain, port, ssl, req, resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Display the HTML body of the response.
        if (resp.getStatusCode() == 200) {
            // Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
            // our cookies...
            System.out.println(http.getLastHeader());
        } else {
            System.out.println("HTTP Response Status = " + resp.getStatusCode());
        }

        System.out.println("---------------------");

        // Some Chilkat HTTP methods do not use an HTTP request object.
        // For these methods, such as for QuickGetStr, cookies (or any HTTP request header)
        // are added by calling SetRequestHeader.
        http.setRequestHeader("Cookie", "user=\"mary\"; city=\"Chicago\"");

        String html = null;
        try {
            html = http.quickGetStr("http://www.w3.org/");
            // Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
            // our cookies...
            System.out.println(http.getLastHeader());
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
        }
    }
}