Visual FoxPro

Persist Cookies to XML Files and Auto Re-Send

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Demonstrates how to persist incoming cookies to XML files and automatically re-send in subsesquent HTTP requests. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lcHtml

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

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

* To save cookies to XML files (per domain) in a specific
* directory, set the CookieDir property (the directory must
* already exist and be writeable by the caller).  Also,
* set the SaveCookies property:
loHttp.CookieDir = "/cookieDir"
loHttp.SaveCookies = 1

* Any methods that do a GET, POST, etc. will save cookies
* to the CookieDir:

lcHtml = loHttp.QuickGetStr("https://www.paypal.com/")

* After running this code, a "paypal_com.xml" file should appear
* in /cookieDir.

* It's content will look something like this:

* <cookies>
*     <cookie key=".paypal.com,/" v="0" secure="yes">
*         <navcmd>_home-general</navcmd>
*         <HttpOnly />
*         <cwrClyrK4LoCV1fydGbAxiNL6iG>9cz...</cwrClyrK4LoCV1fydGbAxiNL6iG>
*     </cookie>
* </cookies>

* To cause cached cookies to be sent with 
* subsequent HTTP requests, set the SendCookies
* property = 1.
loHttp.SendCookies = 1

* If another HTTP request is sent, the cookies should
* be added:
lcHtml = loHttp.QuickGetStr("https://www.paypal.com/")

* Check the LastHeader property to see the MIME header
* of the last HTTP request sent.
* The "Cookie" header field should be present.
? "--- LastHeader ---"
? loHttp.LastHeader

RELEASE loHttp