CkPython

Adding Cookies to an HTTP Request

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

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

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

# Build an HTTP POST request:
req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()
req.SetFromUrl("http://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPost.asp")
req.put_HttpVerb("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.)

domain = "www.chilkatsoft.com"
port = 80
ssl = False
resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpSReq(domain,port,ssl,req,resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Display the HTML body of the response.
if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 200):
    # Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
    # our cookies...
    print(http.lastHeader())
else:
    print("HTTP Response Status = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))

print("---------------------")

# 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\"")

html = http.quickGetStr("http://www.w3.org/")
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
else:
    # Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
    # our cookies...
    print(http.lastHeader())