HttpWebRequest.CookieContainer Property

Gets or sets the cookies associated with the request.

[Visual Basic]
Public Property CookieContainer As CookieContainer
[C#]
public CookieContainer CookieContainer {get; set;}
[C++]
public: __property CookieContainer* get_CookieContainer();
public: __property void set_CookieContainer(CookieContainer*);
[JScript]
public function get CookieContainer() : CookieContainer;
public function set CookieContainer(CookieContainer);

Property Value

A CookieContainer containing the cookies associated with this request.

Remarks

The CookieContainer property provides an instance of the CookieContainer class that contains the cookies associated with this request.

CookieContainer is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) by default. You must assign a CookieContainer instance to the property to have cookies returned in the Cookies property of the HttpWebResponse returned by GetResponse.

Example

[Visual Basic, C#] The following example sends a request to a URL and displays the cookies returned in the response.

[Visual Basic] 
Imports System.Net
Imports System

' This example is run at the command line.
' Specify one argument: the name of the host to 
' receive the request.
' If the request is sucessful, the example displays the contents of the cookies
' returned by the host.

Public Class CookieExample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main(args() As String)
        If args Is Nothing OrElse args.Length <> 1 Then
            Console.WriteLine("Specify the URL to receive the request.")
            Environment.Exit(1)
        End If
        Dim request As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(args(0)), HttpWebRequest)
        request.CookieContainer = New CookieContainer()
        
        Dim response As HttpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
        response.Cookies = request.CookieContainer.GetCookies(request.RequestUri)
        
        
        ' Print the properties of each cookie.
        Dim cook As Cookie
        For Each cook In  response.Cookies
            Console.WriteLine("Cookie:")
            Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", cook.Name, cook.Value)
            Console.WriteLine("Domain: {0}", cook.Domain)
            Console.WriteLine("Path: {0}", cook.Path)
            Console.WriteLine("Port: {0}", cook.Port)
            Console.WriteLine("Secure: {0}", cook.Secure)
            
            Console.WriteLine("When issued: {0}", cook.TimeStamp)
            Console.WriteLine("Expires: {0} (expired? {1})", cook.Expires, cook.Expired)
            Console.WriteLine("Don't save: {0}", cook.Discard)
            Console.WriteLine("Comment: {0}", cook.Comment)
            Console.WriteLine("Uri for comments: {0}", cook.CommentUri)
            Console.WriteLine("Version: RFC {0}", IIf(cook.Version = 1, "2109", "2965"))
            
            ' Show the string representation of the cookie.
            Console.WriteLine("String: {0}", cook.ToString())
        Next cook
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'CookieExample 



' Output from this example will be vary depending on the host name specified,
' but will be similar to the following.
'
'Cookie:
'CustomerID = 13xyz
'Domain: .contoso.com
'Path: /
'Port:
'Secure: False
'When issued: 1/14/2003 3:20:57 PM
'Expires: 1/17/2013 11:14:07 AM (expired? False)
'Don't save: False
'Comment: 
'Uri for comments:
'Version: RFC 2965
'String: CustomerID = 13xyz
'


[C#] 
using System.Net;
using System;
namespace Examples.System.Net.Cookies
{
    // This example is run at the command line.
    // Specify one argument: the name of the host to 
    // send the request to.
    // If the request is sucessful, the example displays the contents of the cookies
    // returned by the host.
    
    public class CookieExample
    {   
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {   
            if (args == null || args.Length != 1)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Specify the URL to receive the request.");
                Environment.Exit(1);
            }
            HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(args[0]);
            request.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
        
            HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse) request.GetResponse();
            response.Cookies = request.CookieContainer.GetCookies(request.RequestUri);
            

            // Print the properties of each cookie.
            foreach (Cookie cook in response.Cookies)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Cookie:");
                Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", cook.Name, cook.Value);
                Console.WriteLine("Domain: {0}", cook.Domain);
                Console.WriteLine("Path: {0}", cook.Path);
                Console.WriteLine("Port: {0}", cook.Port);
                Console.WriteLine("Secure: {0}", cook.Secure);
             
                Console.WriteLine("When issued: {0}", cook.TimeStamp);
                Console.WriteLine("Expires: {0} (expired? {1})", 
                    cook.Expires, cook.Expired);
                Console.WriteLine("Don't save: {0}", cook.Discard);    
                Console.WriteLine("Comment: {0}", cook.Comment);
                Console.WriteLine("Uri for comments: {0}", cook.CommentUri);
                Console.WriteLine("Version: RFC {0}" , cook.Version == 1 ? "2109" : "2965");

                // Show the string representation of the cookie.
                Console.WriteLine ("String: {0}", cook.ToString());
            }
        }
    }
}

// Output from this example will be vary depending on the host name specified,
// but will be similar to the following.
/*
Cookie:
CustomerID = 13xyz
Domain: .contoso.com
Path: /
Port:
Secure: False
When issued: 1/14/2003 3:20:57 PM
Expires: 1/17/2013 11:14:07 AM (expired? False)
Don't save: False
Comment: 
Uri for comments:
Version: RFC 2965
String: CustomerID = 13xyz
*/

[C++, JScript] No example is available for C++ or JScript. To view a Visual Basic or C# example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

See Also

HttpWebRequest Class | HttpWebRequest Members | System.Net Namespace | CookieContainer