Ruby

Adding Cookies to an HTTP Request

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

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

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

# Build an HTTP POST request:
req = Chilkat::CkHttpRequest.new()
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.new()
success = http.HttpSReq(domain,port,ssl,req,resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# 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() + "\n";
else
    print "HTTP Response Status = " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
end

print "---------------------" + "\n";

# 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() + "\n";
else
    # Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
    # our cookies...
    print http.lastHeader() + "\n";
end