VBScript

Adding Cookies to an HTTP Request

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

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

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

' Build an HTTP POST request:
set req = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
req.SetFromUrl "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPost.asp"
req.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 = 0
set resp = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpSReq(domain,port,ssl,req,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Display the HTML body of the response.
If (resp.StatusCode = 200) Then
    ' Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
    ' our cookies...
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
Else
    outFile.WriteLine("HTTP Response Status = " & resp.StatusCode)
End If

outFile.WriteLine("---------------------")

' 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.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Else
    ' Show the last HTTP request header sent, which should include
    ' our cookies...
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
End If


outFile.Close