Perl

Example: Http.SetCookieXml method

Demonstrates the SetCookieXml method. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

my $http = Chilkat2::Http->new;

$http->SaveCookies(1);
$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(0);

# Do a request that establishes and saves cookies in files in the cookie directory.
my $html = $http->QuickGetStr('https://google.com/');

# Examine the LastResponseHeader to see the cookies that were received:
print $http->LastResponseHeader, "\n";
print "----------------------------------\n";

# 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'), "\n";
print "----------------------------------\n";

# 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:
my $httpB = Chilkat2::Http->new;

$httpB->SaveCookies(1);
$httpB->CookieDir('c:/temp/cookie_cache');
$httpB->SendCookies(1);

# 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, "\n";
print "----------------------------------\n";

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

my $httpC = Chilkat2::Http->new;

$httpC->SaveCookies(1);
# Do not save cookies to files, just keep them in memory.
$httpC->CookieDir('memory');
$httpC->SendCookies(1);

my $sbCookiesXml = Chilkat2::StringBuilder->new;
my $success = $sbCookiesXml->LoadFile('c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml', 'utf-8');
if (!$success) {
    print $sbCookiesXml->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $httpC->SetCookieXml('google.com', $sbCookiesXml->GetAsString());
if (!$success) {
    print $httpC->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$html = $httpC->QuickGetStr('https://google.com/');

# Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
print $httpC->LastHeader, "\n";