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Adding Cookies to an HTTP Request

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

#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpRequestW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkHttpRequestW req;
    const wchar_t *domain;
    int port;
    BOOL ssl;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    const wchar_t *html;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

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

    // Build an HTTP POST request:
    req = CkHttpRequestW_Create();
    CkHttpRequestW_SetFromUrl(req,L"http://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPost.asp");
    CkHttpRequestW_putHttpVerb(req,L"POST");

    CkHttpRequestW_AddParam(req,L"param1",L"value1");
    CkHttpRequestW_AddParam(req,L"param2",L"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:
    CkHttpRequestW_AddHeader(req,L"Cookie",L"user=\"mary\"; city=\"Chicago\"");

    // Send the HTTP POST.  
    // (The cookies are sent as part of the HTTP header.)

    domain = L"www.chilkatsoft.com";
    port = 80;
    ssl = FALSE;
    resp = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpSReq(http,domain,port,ssl,req,resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    // Display the HTML body of the response.
    if (CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp) == 200) {
        // Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
        // our cookies...
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastHeader(http));
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"HTTP Response Status = %d\n",CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp));
    }

    wprintf(L"---------------------\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.  
    CkHttpW_SetRequestHeader(http,L"Cookie",L"user=\"mary\"; city=\"Chicago\"");

    html = CkHttpW_quickGetStr(http,L"http://www.w3.org/");
    if (CkHttpW_getLastMethodSuccess(http) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
    }
    else {
        // Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
        // our cookies...
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastHeader(http));
    }



    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkHttpRequestW_Dispose(req);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);

    }