setCookie
void session.setCookie ( String domain, String key, String value ) (professional and enterprise editions only)
Description
Manually set a cookie in the current session state.
Parameters
- domain The domain to which the cookie pertains, as a string.
- key The name of the cookie, as a string.
- value The value of the cookie, as a string.
Return Values
Returns void.
Change Log
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.5 | Available for professional and enterprise editions. |
This method should be rarely used as screen-scraper automatically manages cookies. In cases where cookies are set via JavaScript, this function might be necessary.
Examples
Manually Set Cookie
// Sets a cookie associated with "mydomain.com", using the
// key "user" and the value "John Smith".
session.setCookie( "mydomain.com", "user", "John Smith" );
// key "user" and the value "John Smith".
session.setCookie( "mydomain.com", "user", "John Smith" );
See Also
- clearCookies() [session] - Clear all cookies from this scraping session
- getCookies() [session] - Gets all the cookies currently stored by this scraping session
scraper on 07/16/2010 at 4:55 pm
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