Cookie (Type of variable)

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Properties specific to the description of Cookie variables
Functions that use the Cookie variables

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Cookie (Type of variable)

In french: Cookie

The Cookie type is used to handle the cookies transmitted in the HTTP requests. The characteristics of the cookies can be defined and modified by several WLanguage properties.

Remark: For more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties, see Declaring a variable.

Versions 19 and later

This type of Variable is now available for Windows Store Apps.

New in version 19

This type of Variable is now available for Windows Store Apps.

Versions 20 and later

This type of variable is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 20

This type of variable is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 21 and later

This type of variable is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This type of variable is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Versions 22 and later

This type of variable is now available in Android Widget mode.

This type of variable is now available for Android applications.

New in version 22

This type of variable is now available in Android Widget mode.

This type of variable is now available for Android applications.

This type of variable is now available in Android Widget mode.

This type of variable is now available for Android applications.

Example

// Relecture des cookies de la session précédente
MesCookies is array of Cookie
Deserialize(MesCookies, fLoadText("MesCookies.xml"), psdXML)

// Activation de la gestion des cookies
HTTPCookieManage(True)
HTTPCookieReplace(".yahoo.com", MesCookies)

// Requête (les cookies seront envoyés au serveur Web)
HTTPRequest("www.yahoo.com")

Remarks

Properties specific to the description of Cookie variables

The following properties can be used to handle a Cookie:

Property name	Type used	Effect

Path	Character string	Validity path of cookie. Indicates to the server the URLs on which the cookie must be interpreted.
Comment	Character string	Free comment value associated with the cookie. This property does not affect the HTTP requests.
Domain	Character string	Validity domain of cookie. The cookie will be sent into all HTTP requests whose domain ends with the validity domain of cookie. For example, a cookie whose validity domain is ".mydomain.fr" will be sent during the following requests: http://mydomain.fr http://www.mydomain.fr/index.html http://server.mydomain.fr/page.awp It will not be sent in the following requests: http://www.mydomain.com http://otherdomain.fr
Expiration	Character string or DateTime variable	Expiration date and time of cookie. In most cases, this property is set by the Web server to avoid retrieving information that is too old in an HTTP request.
Name	Character string	Name of cookie. This name is not case sensitive.
Value	Character string	Value of cookie. Remarks: The value of a cookie is limited to 4KB. Beyond this size, the server is free to reject the cookie. The control characters (TAB, CR, etc.) as well as the semicolon and the binary zeros are not allowed.

Functions that use the Cookie variables


Versions 15 and later HTTPCookieGet New in version 15 HTTPCookieGet HTTPCookieGet	Retrieves the cookies read by a call: to HTTPRequest for an HTTP domain. to HTTPSend for an HTTP domain.
Versions 15 and later HTTPCookieReplace New in version 15 HTTPCookieReplace HTTPCookieReplace	Replaces all the cookies stored for a domain: by HTTPRequest. by HTTPSend.