(Android™) Adding Cookies to an HTTP Request

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

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

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

    // Build an HTTP POST request:
    CkHttpRequest req = new 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.)

    CkHttpResponse resp;
    String domain = "www.chilkatsoft.com";
    int port = 80;
    boolean ssl = false;
    resp = http.SynchronousRequest(domain,port,ssl,req);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Display the HTML body of the response.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 200) {
        // Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
        // our cookies...
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastHeader());
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "HTTP Response Status = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "---------------------");

    // 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\"");

    String html = http.quickGetStr("http://www.w3.org/");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        }
    else {
        // Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
        // our cookies...
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastHeader());
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}