NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies example in Objective C (iOS).

NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies

Returns a dictionary of header fields corresponding to a provided array of cookies.

+ (NSDictionary *)requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:(NSArray *)cookies

Parameters of [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies]
cookies
The cookies from which the header fields are created.

Return Value
The dictionary of header fields created from the provided cookies. This dictionary can be used to add cookies to a request.

Discussion of [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies]
See “Constants” for details on the header field keys and values in the returned dictionary.

NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies example.

requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies

Example of [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies].

    NSHTTPURLResponse   * response;
    NSError             * error;
    NSMutableURLRequest * request;
    request = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://temp/gomh/authenticate.py?setCookie=1"]
                                            cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringCacheData
                                        timeoutInterval:60] autorelease];

    [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:&error]; 
    NSLog(@"RESPONSE HEADERS: \n%@", [response allHeaderFields]);

    // If you want to get all of the cookies:
    NSArray * all = [NSHTTPCookie cookiesWithResponseHeaderFields:[response allHeaderFields] forURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://temp"]];
    NSLog(@"How many Cookies: %d", all.count);
    // Store the cookies:
    // NSHTTPCookieStorage is a Singleton.
    [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] setCookies:all forURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://temp"] mainDocumentURL:nil];

    // Now we can print all of the cookies we have:
    for (NSHTTPCookie *cookie in all)
        NSLog(@"Name: %@ : Value: %@, Expires: %@", cookie.name, cookie.value, cookie.expiresDate);

    // Now lets go back the other way.  We want the server to know we have some cookies available:
    // this availableCookies array is going to be the same as the 'all' array above.  We could
    // have just used the 'all' array, but this shows you how to get the cookies back from the singleton.
    NSArray * availableCookies = [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookiesForURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://temp"]];
    NSDictionary * headers = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:availableCookies];

    // we are just recycling the original request
    [request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];

    request.URL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://temp/gomh/authenticate.py"];
    error       = nil;

NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies example.

- ( void )reloadWebview: (id)sender
{
    NSArray                 *cookies;
    NSDictionary            *cookieHeaders;
    NSMutableURLRequest     *request;

    cookies = [[ NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage ]
                cookiesForURL: self.url ];
    if ( !cookies ) {
        /* kick off new NSURLConnection to retrieve new auth cookie */
        return;
    }

    cookieHeaders = [ NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies: cookies ];
    request = [[ NSMutableURLRequest alloc ] initWithURL: self.url ];
    [ request setValue: [ cookieHeaders objectForKey: @"Cookie" ]
              forHTTPHeaderField: @"Cookie" ];

    [ self.webView loadRequest: request ];
    [ request release ];
}

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