cookie Kludge

[Roedy Green]

kobobooks.com is sending me an invalid cookie:

SEVERE: Invalid cookie for
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Decision-Points/book-L_0PHOGZzEGV0pcIxTh5H
w/page1.html: version=f8fbc7aaf4a7f76c93040ef8de748cc34775e4db;
domain=.kobobooks.com; expires=Fri,
18-May-2012 04:47:05 GMT; path=/

I think the problem is version is a reserved keyword that should be
set to 1.

I tried writing a CookiePolicy.shouldAccept but the bad cookie never
gets that far.

I wrote Kobo. Have not heard back.

How can I ignore the cookie? i.e. suppress the SEVERE: error message.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
Plants" with "leaves" no more efficient than today’s solar cells
could out-compete real plants, crowding the biosphere with an
inedible foliage. Tough omnivorous "bacteria" could out-compete
real bacteria: They could spread like blowing pollen, replicate
swiftly, and reduce the biosphere to dust in a matter of days.
Dangerous replicators could easily be too tough, small, and
rapidly spreading to stop -- at least if we make no preparation.
We have trouble enough controlling viruses and fruit flies.
~ Eric Drexler (born: 1955-04-25 age: 57)
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology.
..

 

[Daniel Pitts]

kobobooks.com is sending me an invalid cookie:

SEVERE: Invalid cookie for
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Decision-Points/book-L_0PHOGZzEGV0pcIxTh5H
w/page1.html: version=f8fbc7aaf4a7f76c93040ef8de748cc34775e4db;
domain=.kobobooks.com; expires=Fri,
18-May-2012 04:47:05 GMT; path=/

I think the problem is version is a reserved keyword that should be
set to 1.

I tried writing a CookiePolicy.shouldAccept but the bad cookie never
gets that far.

I wrote Kobo. Have not heard back.

How can I ignore the cookie? i.e. suppress the SEVERE: error message.

There are many frameworks for making HTTP requests. A hint on which one
you're using might make it easier to help you.

 

[Roedy Green]

There are many frameworks for making HTTP requests. A hint on which one
you're using might make it easier to help you.

The cookies are handled by

CookieHandler.setDefault( new CookieManager( null /* in ram store */,
new NoKobo() ) );

The GETs are done with HttpURLConnection with my own HTTP thin wrapper
and around it.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
"Plants" with "leaves" no more efficient than today's solar cells
could out-compete real plants, crowding the biosphere with an
inedible foliage. Tough omnivorous "bacteria" could out-compete
real bacteria: They could spread like blowing pollen, replicate
swiftly, and reduce the biosphere to dust in a matter of days.
Dangerous replicators could easily be too tough, small, and
rapidly spreading to stop -- at least if we make no preparation.
We have trouble enough controlling viruses and fruit flies.
~ Eric Drexler (born: 1955-04-25 age: 57)
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology.
..

 

[Daniel Pitts]

The cookies are handled by

CookieHandler.setDefault( new CookieManager( null /* in ram store */,
new NoKobo() ) );

The GETs are done with HttpURLConnection with my own HTTP thin wrapper
and around it.

I seem to recall Java's built in URLConnection stuff is actually very
bad at handling Cookies in a meaningful way. I tend to use apache
commons httpclient instead. I haven't used the new httpcore, so I'm not
sure how good it is compared.

 

[Roedy Green]

I seem to recall Java's built in URLConnection stuff is actually very
bad at handling Cookies in a meaningful way. I tend to use apache
commons httpclient instead. I haven't used the new httpcore, so I'm not
sure how good it is compared.

Thanks. I thought Apache was just a wrapper on URLConnection

I am trying to fix it the easy way first by getting kobo to generate
proper cookies.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
"Plants" with "leaves" no more efficient than today's solar cells
could out-compete real plants, crowding the biosphere with an
inedible foliage. Tough omnivorous "bacteria" could out-compete
real bacteria: They could spread like blowing pollen, replicate
swiftly, and reduce the biosphere to dust in a matter of days.
Dangerous replicators could easily be too tough, small, and
rapidly spreading to stop -- at least if we make no preparation.
We have trouble enough controlling viruses and fruit flies.
~ Eric Drexler (born: 1955-04-25 age: 57)
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology.
..

 

[Daniel Pitts]

Thanks. I thought Apache was just a wrapper on URLConnection

Nope, The Apache commons stuff is a low-level implementation, which
gives you better "hooks" into some of the more advanced features of the
HTTP protocol.

I am trying to fix it the easy way first by getting kobo to generate
proper cookies.

Delegation is often good first option. Good luck with third parties
though ;-)

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

I seem to recall Java's built in URLConnection stuff is actually very
bad at handling Cookies in a meaningful way. I tend to use apache
commons httpclient instead. I haven't used the new httpcore, so I'm not
sure how good it is compared.

Just as good.

Just frustrating that they changed the API.

Arne

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

Thanks. I thought Apache was just a wrapper on URLConnection

That would be obvious.

But actually HttpClient build directly on top of Socket.

I am sure that they must have tried HttpURLConnection, but
somehow concluded that they could not do what they want with it.

Arne

 

[Roedy Green]

Delegation is often good first option. Good luck with third parties
though ;-)

no luck so far.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
I would be quite surprised if the NSA (National Security Agency)
did not have a computer program to scan bits of shredded
documents and electronically put them back together like a giant
jigsaw puzzle. This suggests you cannot just shred, you must also burn.
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