How to send http requuest to https domain and retrieve multipe cookies?

Hi guys,

I tried to send httpwebrequest to a https domains using GET method to retrieve cookies first (i used cookiecontainer)then sending a second request with POST method,the problem is that i get only 1 cookie name!! when i checked i found that Request cookies contains multiple cookie names and Response cookies is only 1 cookie!!
could you please let me know to retrieve all cookies?or guide me to find the solution.

Thanks in advance

What do the headers say? Have you checked in fiddler?

Chances are, if done correctly then the cookies will be extracted and stored in the cookie container.

Couple of possibilites when they won't. IIRC if you do a POST and get a 302 response back with cookies, those may not be stored, whether this is a bug or part of the spec I don't know. Also, some date strings can cause issues. I believe the cookie string is wrong, but the .net framework cannot extract the cookies. However, this is unlikely as I have only come across it once in about 8 years.

Thank you rootiazz you are right i do a POST and get a 302 response,any solution to this case?

en. wikipedia. org/wiki/HTTP_302

10.3.3 302 Found

The requested resource resides temporarily under a different URI.
Since the redirection might be altered on occasion, the client SHOULD
continue to use the Request-URI for future requests. This response
is only cacheable if indicated by a Cache-Control or Expires header
field.

The temporary URI SHOULD be given by the Location field in the
response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the
response SHOULD contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to
the new URI(s).

If the 302 status code is received in response to a request other
than GET or HEAD, the user agent MUST NOT automatically redirect the
request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might
change the conditions under which the request was issued.

Note: RFC 1945 and RFC 2068 specify that the client is not allowed
to change the method on the redirected request. However, most
existing user agent implementations treat 302 as if it were a 303
response, performing a GET on the Location field-value regardless
of the original request method. The status codes 303 and 307 have
been added for servers that wish to make unambiguously clear which
kind of reaction is expected of the client.

10.3.4 303 See Other

The response to the request can be found under a different URI and
SHOULD be retrieved using a GET method on that resource. This method
exists primarily to allow the output of a POST-activated script to
redirect the user agent to a selected resource. The new URI is not a
substitute reference for the originally requested resource. The 303
response MUST NOT be cached, but the response to the second
(redirected) request might be cacheable.

The different URI SHOULD be given by the Location field in the
response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the
response SHOULD contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to
the new URI(s).

Note: Many pre-HTTP/1.1 user agents do not understand the 303
status. When interoperability with such clients is a concern, the
302 status code may be used instead, since most user agents react
to a 302 response as described here for 303.

sandrine10 said:

Thank you rootiazz you are right i do a POST and get a 302 response,any solution to this case?

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Disable AllowAutoRedirect & read the connection - set the cookies - manually check the "Location" header & redirect (load) the URL

gimme4free said:

Disable AllowAutoRedirect & read the connection - set the cookies - manually check the "Location" header & redirect (load) the URL

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I enabled AllowAutoRedirect i'll try with it disabled and see if it'll work

gimme4free said:

Disable AllowAutoRedirect & read the connection - set the cookies - manually check the "Location" header & redirect (load) the URL

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gimme4free said:

Disable AllowAutoRedirect & read the connection - set the cookies - manually check the "Location" header & redirect (load) the URL

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sandrine10 said:

Thank you rootiazz you are right i do a POST and get a 302 response,any solution to this case?

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As the quote above, you have to do it manually.


things that will help:

checking if cookie is to be set, so if you need to (I don't think you do for this) you can parse it manually. If you don't have to, avoid as it can get messy (well my code is anyway

get redirect location

Then you can just put a while loop around the status


I don't remember exactly but some cookies may be stored, some not. but if you detect a redirect and cookies set, extract each cookie and add it to your cookiecontainer and validate it is there after the redirect.

Watch what happens when you run the sequence in your browser / mobile and carefully watch the cookies. Then do the same with your bot and ensure it is the same