What Is HTTP::Cookies?

This section describes what is HTTP::Cookies - a Perl class that helps you to extra cookies from HTTP::Response objects, store them and attach them to HTTP::Request objects.

From the previous tutorial, we learned that some Web applications requires us to attach cookies in our HTTP request. To do this, we need to look at the HTTP::Cookies class.

What Is HTTP::Cookies? HTTP::Cookies, developed by Gisle Aas, is a Perl class that helps you to extra cookies from HTTP::Response objects, store them and attach them to HTTP::Request objects. Cookies are a general mechanism which server side connections can use to both store and retrieve information on the client side of the connection.

The current version of HTTP::Cookies is 6.01, which supports the following main properties and methods:

Here is my test program, HTTP-Cookies-Test.pl:

#- HTTP-Cookies-Test.pl
#- Copyright (c) HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved.

   use HTTP::Cookies;
   my ($key, $value, $domain) = @ARGV;
   $key = 'sid' unless $key;
   $value = 'WFwRU9CG' unless $value;
   $domain = '.herongyang.com' unless $domain;

   my $jar = HTTP::Cookies->new();
   $jar->load('HTTP-Cookies.jar');
   $jar->set_cookie(0, $key, $value, '/', $domain);
   $jar->save('HTTP-Cookies.jar');

   print($jar->as_string());

   exit;

I tested it and it worked ok. Here is my test result:

herong> hTTP-Cookies-Test.pl

Set-Cookie3: sid=WFwRU9CG; path="/"; domain=.herongyang.com; version=0

herong> hTTP-Cookies-Test.pl user Herong .google.com

Set-Cookie3: user=Herong; path="/"; domain=.google.com; version=0
Set-Cookie3: sid=WFwRU9CG; path="/"; domain=.herongyang.com; version=0

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 Data Types: Values and Variables

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 Integrating Perl with Apache Web Server

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LWP::UserAgent and Web Site Testing

 What Is LWP::UserAgent?

 What Is HTTP::Response?

 What Is HTTP::Request?

 LWP-UserAgent-GET.pl - Sending a GET Request

 LWP-UserAgent-GET-Redirect.pl - Following HTTP Redirects

 http-equiv="Refresh" Meta Tag not Followed

 LWP-UserAgent-POST.pl - Posting Form Data

 post() Method not Following Redirect Location

 LWP-UserAgent-POST-Redirect.pl - Posting with Redirects

What Is HTTP::Cookies?

 LWP-UserAgent-Request.pl - GET, POST and Cookies

 LWP-UserAgent-Request.pl - Login to facebook.com

 HTTP::Cookies save() not Saving Temporary Cookies

 LWP-UserAgent-Request-Cookies.pl - Sending Request with Cookies

 Converting Perl Script to Executable Binary

 Managing Perl Engine and Modules on macOS

 Archived Tutorials

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