HttpWebRequest.CookieContainer Property
.NET Framework (current version)
Gets or sets the cookies associated with the request.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Net.CookieContainerA CookieContainer that contains the cookies associated with this request.
The CookieContainer property provides an instance of the CookieContainer class that contains the cookies associated with this request.
CookieContainer is null by default. You must assign a CookieContainer object to the property to have cookies returned in the Cookies property of the HttpWebResponse returned by the GetResponse method.
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For security reasons, cookies are disabled by default. If you want to use cookies, use the CookieContainer property to enable cookies. |
The following code example sends a request to a URL and displays the cookies returned in the response.
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) ' 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 '
Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 3.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 3.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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