Mechanize users - Feb 2007 - adding a cookie

hi there,
I''m not sure if it is better to use the ml or the forum so I ended to
post on both ...


I''m trying to login into a page that is using javascript to set a
cookie:

<script language="JavaScript"> {text "\n" "
\n" " \n" " document.cookie
=
''vhp_js=v995105608h85339294p;path=/;domain=.venere.com;expire=0'';

[...]

can you give me an hint on how to add a cookie to the cookie jar?

I tried
js_cookie
WWW::Mechanize::Cookie.new(''/'',"vhp_js=v1847355112h431970412p;path=/;domain=.venere.com;expire=0")

so that I can do
agent.cookie_jar.add('''',js_cookie)

but this is not parsing the cookie in the way I expect it

thanks
Claudio

Hi Claudio,

On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 03:00:36PM +0100, Claudio Belotti
wrote:
> hi there,
> I''m not sure if it is better to use the ml or the forum so I ended
to
> post on both ...
Either place is fine, but I like the mailing list better.
> 
> 
> I''m trying to login into a page that is using javascript to set a
cookie:
> 
> <script language="JavaScript"> {text "\n" "
\n" " \n" " document.cookie
> =
''vhp_js=v995105608h85339294p;path=/;domain=.venere.com;expire=0'';
> 
> [...]
> 
> can you give me an hint on how to add a cookie to the cookie jar?
> 
> I tried
> js_cookie >
WWW::Mechanize::Cookie.new(''/'',"vhp_js=v1847355112h431970412p;path=/;domain=.venere.com;expire=0")
You''re close.  You''ll need the URI from the page you want to
set the
cookie with, and the cookie string itself.  Then use the "parse"
method
on WWW::Mechanize::Cookie.  For example:

  mech = WWW::Mechanize.new
  page = mech.get(''http://localhost/'')
  WWW::Mechanize::Cookie.parse(page.uri,
   
"vhp_js=v1847355112h431970412p;path=/;domain=.venere.com;expire=0") {
|c|

    mech.cookie_jar.add(page.uri, c)

  }

Hope that helps.

-- 
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/

Hi Aaron,

on 05/02/2007 17:48 Aaron Patterson wrote:
> You''re close.  You''ll need the URI from the page you want
to set the
> cookie with, and the cookie string itself.  Then use the "parse"
method
> on WWW::Mechanize::Cookie.  For example:
> 
>   mech = WWW::Mechanize.new
>   page = mech.get(''http://localhost/'')
>   WWW::Mechanize::Cookie.parse(page.uri,
>    
"vhp_js=v1847355112h431970412p;path=/;domain=.venere.com;expire=0") {
|c|
>     mech.cookie_jar.add(page.uri, c)
>   }
> Hope that helps.
yes, thank you for your help, now I can login into the site get some
informations and logout I found Mechanize really helpful.

regards
Claudio