(Unicode C++) Example: Http.SetCookieXml method

Demonstrates the SetCookieXml method.

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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkHttpW http;

    http.put_SaveCookies(true);
    http.put_CookieDir(L"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.put_SendCookies(false);

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

    // Examine the LastResponseHeader to see the cookies that were received:
    wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastResponseHeader());
    wprintf(L"----------------------------------\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.
    wprintf(L"%s\n",http.getCookieXml(L"google.com"));
    wprintf(L"----------------------------------\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:
    CkHttpW httpB;

    httpB.put_SaveCookies(true);
    httpB.put_CookieDir(L"c:/temp/cookie_cache");
    httpB.put_SendCookies(true);

    // The cookies from the cache are sent.
    html = httpB.quickGetStr(L"https://google.com/");

    // Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
    wprintf(L"%s\n",httpB.lastHeader());
    wprintf(L"----------------------------------\n");

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

    CkHttpW httpC;

    httpC.put_SaveCookies(true);
    // Do not save cookies to files, just keep them in memory.
    httpC.put_CookieDir(L"memory");
    httpC.put_SendCookies(true);

    CkStringBuilderW sbCookiesXml;
    success = sbCookiesXml.LoadFile(L"c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml",L"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sbCookiesXml.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    success = httpC.SetCookieXml(L"google.com",sbCookiesXml.getAsString());
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",httpC.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

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

    // Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
    wprintf(L"%s\n",httpC.lastHeader());
    }