HTTP Cookies and Ajax requests over HTTPS

Question

I know this has been asked before in various forms, but I can\'t seem to get around the problem. I have tried using both jQuery and the native JS API to make the Ajax reque

Answer 1

Ok, found the solution to the cookie problem.

See XHR specs, jQuery docs and StackOverflow.

The solution to have the cookies sent when switching protocol and/or subdomain is to set the withCredentials property to true.

E.g. (using jQuery)

 $.ajax( {
   /* Setup the call */
   xhrFields: {
     withCredentials: true
   }
 });