Cookies: Are they handled by HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse classes?

[Ulrich Sprick]

Hi all,

I am beginnig to try out the exciting Web stuff in .NET, so please forgive
my perhaps silly question.
I am trying to communicate with a Web server using HttpWebRequest
and -Response classes from a WinForms application. The server may set and
read back cookies.

Do I have to support the server in a special way (like a browser), and if
so, where do I have to look for some documentation? Or are cookies handled
transparently?

Thanks in advance,
ulrich

 

[Scott Allen]

You'll need to create an instance of the CookieContainer class and
attach the container to the Cookie property before sending each
request. The CookieContainer will manage the cookies for you then.

 

[Ulrich Sprick]

Umm.... I must have had my dark sunglasses on while browsing though MSDN
last night, I simply overlooked the CookieContainer property. Sorry for
that. I am looking in the right direction, am I?

Ulrich

 

[Ulrich Sprick]

YES! I'm on the way! Thanks for the response!
ulrich