How can I get the cookies from HttpClient?

Question

I am using HttpClient 4.1.2

HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(uri); 
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpget);

So, how can I get the

Answer 1

Based on the example in the initial question, the way to access the CookieStore after executing an HTTP request, is by using the HttpContext execution state object.

HttpContext will reference a cookie store (new if no CookieStore was specified in the HttpClientBuilder) after a request is executed.

HttpClientContext context = new HttpClientContext();
CloseableHttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request, context);
CookieStore cookieStore = context.getCookieStore();

This applies on httpcomponents-client:4.3+ when the ClosableHttpClient was introduced.