(Lianja) Example: Http.SetCookieXml method

Demonstrates the SetCookieXml method.

Chilkat Lianja Extension Download Chilkat Lianja Extension

llSuccess = .F.

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

loHttp.SaveCookies = .T.
loHttp.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.
loHttp.SendCookies = .F.

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

// Examine the LastResponseHeader to see the cookies that were received:
? loHttp.LastResponseHeader
? "----------------------------------"

// 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.
? loHttp.GetCookieXml("google.com")
? "----------------------------------"

// 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:
loHttpB = createobject("CkHttp")

loHttpB.SaveCookies = .T.
loHttpB.CookieDir = "c:/temp/cookie_cache"
loHttpB.SendCookies = .T.

// The cookies from the cache are sent.
lcHtml = loHttpB.QuickGetStr("https://google.com/")

// Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
? loHttpB.LastHeader
? "----------------------------------"

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

loHttpC = createobject("CkHttp")

loHttpC.SaveCookies = .T.
// Do not save cookies to files, just keep them in memory.
loHttpC.CookieDir = "memory"
loHttpC.SendCookies = .T.

loSbCookiesXml = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
llSuccess = loSbCookiesXml.LoadFile("c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml","utf-8")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loSbCookiesXml.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loHttpB
    release loHttpC
    release loSbCookiesXml
    return
endif

llSuccess = loHttpC.SetCookieXml("google.com",loSbCookiesXml.GetAsString())
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttpC.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loHttpB
    release loHttpC
    release loSbCookiesXml
    return
endif

lcHtml = loHttpC.QuickGetStr("https://google.com/")

// Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
? loHttpC.LastHeader


release loHttp
release loHttpB
release loHttpC
release loSbCookiesXml