Android BasicCookieStore, Cookies and HttpGet - java

I have a an app that should send a GET request to a URL and send some cookies along with it. I've been looking at a few code examples for BasicCookieStore and Cookie classes, but I'm not able to figure out how to use them. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

To use cookies you need something along the lines of:
CookieStore cookieStore = new BasicCookieStore();
DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpContext ctx = new BasicHttpContext();
ctx.setAttribute(ClientContext.COOKIE_STORE, cookieStore);
HttpGet get = new HttpGet("your URL here");
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(get,ctx);
And if you want to keep cookies between requests, you have to reuse cookieStore and ctx for every request.
Also, you may read your cookieStore to see what's inside:
List<Cookie> cookies = cookieStore.getCookies();
if( !cookies.isEmpty() ){
for (Cookie cookie : cookies){
String cookieString = cookie.getName() + " : " + cookie.getValue();
Log.info(TAG, cookieString);
}
}

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Google authorization access API via browser

I have a problem with my Google API.
I would like to avoid going through a browser to retrieve my access authorization.
I would like to retrieve the code directly into a variable.
This is the kind of URL that I sent :
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=2131233123321332&scope=https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group%20https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group.readonly&redirect_uri=https://tito.com
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?access_type=online&approval_prompt=auto&client_id=22fdgdfg40-1gmgdfggdps0hfol.apps.googleusercontent.com&redirect_uri=https://tito.com/&response_type=code&scope=https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group%20https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group.readonly");
HttpResponse responses = client.execute(httpget);
HttpParams param = responses.getParams();
responses.getParams().getParameter("code");
System.out.println(responses.getParams().getParameter("code"));
System.out.println("Response Code : " + responses.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());

Cookies does not seem to be set properly

I manage to log in and get cookies with respect to the session. But when I try to make a new request the login-information seems to be lost (the HTML-data is the same for both the requests. The second request should provide my username plus some other data).
I set the cookie like this before I send a new request (the DefaultHttpClient instance is the same):
List<Cookie> cookies = httpclient.getCookieStore().getCookies();
if(cookies != null)
{
for(Cookie cookie : cookies)
{
String cookieString = cookie.getName() + "=" + cookie.getValue() + "; domain=" + cookie.getDomain();
httppost.addHeader("Cookie",cookie.getName() + "=" + cookie.getValue() + ";");
System.out.println(cookieString);
}
}
try
{
//System.out.println(httpclient.getCookieStore().getCookies());
response = (BasicHttpResponse) httpclient.execute(httppost,localContext);
}
I have checked the cookie information, and it seems that it returns two different "cookie-instances" (two session ID`s) which I set in the for-loop above. But still it doesn't seem to work.
What can be the problem?
Thanks for any help!
// Create a static instance of cookie store globally
cookieStore = new BasicCookieStore();
// Create local HTTP context
HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
// Bind custom cookie store to the local context
localContext.setAttribute(ClientContext.COOKIE_STORE, cookieStore);
//execute your connection with context
HttpResponse response = http.execute(post,localContext);
And then whenever you connect use that static cookie instance to connect
HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
// Bind custom cookie store to the local context
localContext.setAttribute(ClientContext.COOKIE_STORE, StaticInstance(cookieStore));
//and as usual
response = http.execute(post,localContext);

Java - Why HttpClient doesn't send my cookies?

I try to send cookies with a form post using the Apache HttpClient and, for some reason, the server gets the request but not the cookies. Here is my code:
DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
// Set the cookies...
{
String Domain = MyGetParameter("Domain");
BasicCookieStore cookieStore = new BasicCookieStore();
String[] strs = GetParameterSplitted("PostCookies");
int size = strs.length;
for (int i=0; i<size-1; i+=2)
{
//JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, strs[i]+" = "+FromBase64(strs[i+1], "UTF-8"));
BasicClientCookie cookie = new BasicClientCookie(strs[i], FromBase64(strs[i+1], "UTF-8"));
cookie.setDomain(Domain);
cookie.setPath("/");
//cookie.setSecure(true);
cookieStore.addCookie(cookie);
}
client.setCookieStore(cookieStore);
}
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(url.toURI());
ArrayList<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(10);
// Set the form POST parameters...
{
String[] strs = GetParameterSplitted("PostParams");
int size = strs.length;
for(int i=0; i<size-1; i+=2)
{
String name = strs[i].trim();
String value = FromBase64(strs[i+1].trim(), "UTF-8");//, "UTF-8"
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair(name, value));
}
}
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
post.getParams().setParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.PROTOCOL_VERSION, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
post.getParams().setParameter(ClientPNames.COOKIE_POLICY, org.apache.http.client.params.CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY);
HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
int StatusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
The site uses HTTP (not HTTPS), I make sure the domain name is set correctly to the cookies (http://mysite) and the cookies seem to be set correctly when the above code executes.
Does anyone have any idea why it's failing to pass them to the server?
I have seen other similar questions on this site but nothing seemed to help.
You look closely, if the date of your cookie expired httptClient not send this cookie, on this that you should put the cookies date.
And in domain name will be no "http://", only simply domain name.
For Example:(http://www.gmail.com => like this to write setDomain("www.gmail.com"))
This example i add 100 day to current day and set cookie.
Example send post data via HttpClient with cookie:
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 100);
Date date = calendar.getTime();
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
httpClient.getParams().setParameter(ClientPNames.COOKIE_POLICY,CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY);
httpClient.setCookieStore(new BasicCookieStore());
BasicClientCookie cookie = new BasicClientCookie(YourCookieName, YourCookieValue);
cookie.setDomain(YourDomain);
cookie.setExpiryDate(date);
cookie.setPath("/");
httpClient.getCookieStore().addCookie(cookie);
....
httpClient.execute(yourHttpUriRequest);

Android HttpClient and Cookies

I have a problem with the HttpClient in Android: By using the following code, I want to use the cookies which are already set before by logging in through a webview. So the login data should be there and is indeed there, I tested it. But when I use the cookies in an httppost or httpget it doesn't use the login data. but these cookies actually should be enough to receive that page for which a login is necessary, shouldn't they? I'm not really sure if I need to send the cookies in a special way to the server or so or if it is enough to load it into the httpcontext. Here is the code:
DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
CookieStore lCS = new BasicCookieStore();
if (CookieManager.getInstance().getCookie(pUrl) != null) {
String cookieString = CookieManager.getInstance().getCookie(pUrl);
String[] urlCookieArray = cookieString.split(";");
for (int i = 0; i < urlCookieArray.length; i++) {
System.out.println(urlCookieArray[i]);
String[] singleCookie = urlCookieArray[i].split("=");
Cookie urlCookie = new BasicClientCookie(singleCookie[0], singleCookie[1]);
lCS.addCookie(urlCookie);
}
}
HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
httpclient.setCookieStore(lCS);
localContext.setAttribute(ClientContext.COOKIE_STORE, lCS);
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(pUrl);
// get the url connection
try {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost, localContext);
InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
And if I run the code I only receive the login page of that site, so it didn't accept the cookie.
Thanks for help in advance
Greets, timo
I had the same problem and I used similar approach as in the question with no luck.
The thing that made it work for me was to add the domain for each copied cookie.
(BasicClientCookie cookie.setDomain(String))
My util function:
public static BasicCookieStore getCookieStore(String cookies, String domain) {
String[] cookieValues = cookies.split(";");
BasicCookieStore cs = new BasicCookieStore();
BasicClientCookie cookie;
for (int i = 0; i < cookieValues.length; i++) {
String[] split = cookieValues[i].split("=");
if (split.length == 2)
cookie = new BasicClientCookie(split[0], split[1]);
else
cookie = new BasicClientCookie(split[0], null);
cookie.setDomain(domain);
cs.addCookie(cookie);
}
return cs;
}
String cookies = CookieManager.getInstance().getCookie(url);
BasicCookieStore lCS = getCookieStore(cookies, MyApp.sDomain);
HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
httpclient.setCookieStore(lCS);
localContext.setAttribute(ClientContext.COOKIE_STORE, lCS);
...
if you still have this problem, be careful with the given cookies, some might be malformed, check these two sites out:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3106/On-The-Care-and-Handling-of-Cookies
this one helped me:
Getting "Set-Cookie" header
It seems you are copying the cookies correctly, and generally you don't need to do anything special for HttpClient to send the cookies. However, some of those may be bound to a session, and when you open a new connection with HttpClient you open a new session. The server will probably ignore cookies that don't match the current session. This might work if the session ID is in a cookie and you are able to get into the same session, but you really need to know exactly what the server does.

Multiple GET requests to a single site (canonical) (java)

Hi I am trying to make 2 GET requests to a single connection. ie
HttpGet get1 = new HttpGet("http://www.google.com/search?q=HelloWorld");
HttpGet get2 = new HttpGet("http://www.google.com/search?q=SecondSearch");
HttpResponse response = null;
response = client.execute(get1);
response = client.execute(get2);
I would like to get the body from the second execution. Obviously this fails, because it says you must release the connection first. I need to maintain the exact session - for instance, if I navigate to a site where the first step is to login, I need to navigate to any subsequent pages with the same cookie.
It's probably something incredibly simple that I am doing wrong!
You need to use a CookieStore
CookieStore cookieStore = new BasicCookieStore();
DefaultHttpClient client1 = new DefaultHttpClient();
client1.setCookieStore(cookieStore);
HttpGet httpGet1 = new HttpGet("...");
HttpResponse response1 = client1.execute(httpGet1);
DefaultHttpClient client2 = new DefaultHttpClient();
client2.setCookieStore(cookieStore);
HttpGet httpGet2 = new HttpGet("...");
HttpResponse response2 = client2.execute(httpGet2);
In the above code, both client2 will re-use cookies from the client1 request.

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