(PowerShell) Example: Http.SetCookieXml method

Demonstrates the SetCookieXml method.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$http = New-Object Chilkat.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:
$($http.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.
$($http.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:
$httpB = New-Object Chilkat.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.
$($httpB.LastHeader)
$("----------------------------------")

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

$httpC = New-Object Chilkat.Http

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

$sbCookiesXml = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sbCookiesXml.LoadFile("c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml","utf-8")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($sbCookiesXml.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $httpC.SetCookieXml("google.com",$sbCookiesXml.GetAsString())
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($httpC.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

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

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