Create a cookie for NSURLRequest?

Question

I\'m trying to send an authentication string via cookie in a NSMutableURLRequest. I\'m trying to create the NSHTTPCookie through

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Answer 1

I noticed on, on my 2.2.1 iphone, that the cookie didn't get created if NSHTTPCookiePath is not specified, even though it is shown as "optional" in the docs:

So, I do:

NSDictionary *properties = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                            @"domain.com", NSHTTPCookieDomain,
                            @"/", NSHTTPCookiePath,  // IMPORTANT!
                            @"testCookies", NSHTTPCookieName,
                            @"1", NSHTTPCookieValue,
                            nil];
NSHTTPCookie *cookie = [NSHTTPCookie cookieWithProperties:properties];

NSArray* cookies = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: cookie, nil];

NSDictionary * headers = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:cookies];

[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];

Answer 2

I've found one mistake in jm's example: NSHTTPCookiePath should be @"/", but not @"\\\\".

NSDictionary *properties = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                            @"domain.com", NSHTTPCookieDomain,
                            @"/", NSHTTPCookiePath,  // IMPORTANT!
                            @"testCookies", NSHTTPCookieName,
                            @"1", NSHTTPCookieValue,
                            nil];
NSHTTPCookie *cookie = [NSHTTPCookie cookieWithProperties:properties];

NSArray* cookies = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: cookie, nil];

NSDictionary * headers = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:cookies];

[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];

Answer 3

This is how you set properties in a cookie:

 NSDictionary *properties = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                              url, NSHTTPCookieOriginURL,
                              @"testCookies", NSHTTPCookieName,
                              @"1", NSHTTPCookieValue,
                              nil];
  NSHTTPCookie *cookie = [NSHTTPCookie cookieWithProperties:properties];

In the example above: url, testCookies, and 1 are the values. Likewise, NSHTTPCookieOriginURL, NSHTTPCookieName, NSHTTPCookieValue are the keys for the NSDictionary object, as in key-value pairs.

You set/get properties using NSDictionary and add to NSHTTPCookie.

Answer 4

I could not get that to work.

I got this to work however:

NSMutableURLRequest* ret = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:myURL];
[ret setValue:@"myCookie=foobar" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Cookie"];

Answer 5

key NSHTTPCookiePath should exist in dictionary when using

[NSHTTPCookie cookieWithProperties:dictionary]

method whether using NSHTTPCookieDomain or NSHTTPCookieOriginURL. And value for NSHTTPCookiePath should be @"/" not @"\\".