HTTP::CookieJar(3pm)

1HTTP::CookieJar(3)    User Contributed Perl Documentation   HTTP::CookieJar(3)
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NAME

6       HTTP::CookieJar - A minimalist HTTP user agent cookie jar
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VERSION

9       version 0.014
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SYNOPSIS

12         use HTTP::CookieJar;
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14         my $jar = HTTP::CookieJar->new;
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16         # add cookie received from a request
17         $jar->add( "http://www.example.com/", "CUSTOMER=WILE_E_COYOTE; Path=/; Domain=example.com" );
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19         # extract cookie header for a given request
20         my $cookie = $jar->cookie_header( "http://www.example.com/" );
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DESCRIPTION

23       This module implements a minimalist HTTP user agent cookie jar in
24       conformance with RFC 6265 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265>.
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26       Unlike the commonly used HTTP::Cookies module, this module does not
27       require use of HTTP::Request and HTTP::Response objects.  An LWP-
28       compatible adapter is available as HTTP::CookieJar::LWP.
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CONSTRUCTORS

31   new
32           my $jar = HTTP::CookieJar->new;
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34       Return a new, empty cookie jar
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METHODS

37   add
38           $jar->add(
39               "http://www.example.com/", "lang=en-US; Path=/; Domain=example.com"
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42       Given a request URL and a "Set-Cookie" header string, attempts to adds
43       the cookie to the jar.  If the cookie is expired, instead it deletes
44       any matching cookie from the jar.  A "Max-Age" attribute will be
45       converted to an absolute "Expires" attribute.
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47       It will throw an exception if the request URL is missing or invalid.
48       Returns true if successful cookie processing or undef/empty-list on
49       failure.
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51   clear
52           $jar->clear
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54       Empties the cookie jar.
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56   cookies_for
57           my @cookies = $jar->cookies_for("http://www.example.com/foo/bar");
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59       Given a request URL, returns a list of hash references representing
60       cookies that should be sent.  The hash references are copies --
61       changing values will not change the cookies in the jar.
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63       Cookies set "secure" will only be returned if the request scheme is
64       "https".  Expired cookies will not be returned.
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66       Keys of a cookie hash reference might include:
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68       •   name -- the name of the cookie
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70       •   value -- the value of the cookie
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72       •   domain -- the domain name to which the cookie applies
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74       •   path -- the path to which the cookie applies
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76       •   expires -- if present, when the cookie expires in epoch seconds
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78       •   secure -- if present, the cookie was set "Secure"
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80       •   httponly -- if present, the cookie was set "HttpOnly"
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82       •   hostonly -- if present, the cookie may only be used with the domain
83           as a host
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85       •   creation_time -- epoch time when the cookie was first stored
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87       •   last_access_time -- epoch time when the cookie was last accessed
88           (i.e. "now")
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90       Keep in mind that "httponly" means it should only be used in requests
91       and not made available via Javascript, etc.  This is pretty meaningless
92       for Perl user agents.
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94       Generally, user agents should use the "cookie_header" method instead.
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96       It will throw an exception if the request URL is missing or invalid.
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98   cookie_header
99           my $header = $jar->cookie_header("http://www.example.com/foo/bar");
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101       Given a request URL, returns a correctly-formatted string with all
102       relevant cookies for the request.  This string is ready to be used in a
103       "Cookie" header in an HTTP request.  E.g.:
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105           SID=31d4d96e407aad42; lang=en-US
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107       It follows the same exclusion rules as "cookies_for".
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109       If the request is invalid or no cookies apply, it will return an empty
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112   dump_cookies
113           my @list = $jar->dump_cookies;
114           my @list = $jar->dump_cookies( { persistent => 1 } );
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116       Returns a list of raw cookies in string form.  The strings resemble
117       what would be received from "Set-Cookie" headers, but with additional
118       internal fields.  The list is only intended for use with "load_cookies"
119       to allow cookie jar persistence.
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121       If a hash reference with a true "persistent" key is given as an
122       argument, cookies without an "Expires" time (i.e. "session cookies")
123       will be omitted.
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125       Here is a trivial example of saving a cookie jar file with Path::Tiny:
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127           path("jar.txt")->spew( join "\n", $jar->dump_cookies );
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129   load_cookies
130           $jar->load_cookies( @cookies );
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132       Given a list of cookie strings from "dump_cookies", it adds them to the
133       cookie jar.  Cookies added in this way will supersede any existing
134       cookies with similar domain, path and name.
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136       It returns the jar object for convenience when loading a new object:
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138           my $jar = HTTP::CookieJar->new->load_cookies( @cookies );
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140       Here is a trivial example of loading a cookie jar file with Path::Tiny:
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142           my $jar = HTTP::CookieJar->new->load_cookies(
143               path("jar.txt")->lines
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LIMITATIONS AND CAVEATS

147   RFC 6265 vs prior standards
148       This modules adheres as closely as possible to the user-agent rules of
149       RFC 6265.  Therefore, it does not handle nor generate "Set-Cookie2" and
150       "Cookie2" headers, implement ".local" suffixes, or do path/domain
151       matching in accord with prior RFC's.
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153   Internationalized domain names
154       Internationalized domain names given in requests must be properly
155       encoded in ASCII form.
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157   Public suffixes
158       If Mozilla::PublicSuffix is installed, cookie domains will be checked
159       against the public suffix list.  Public suffix cookies are only allowed
160       as host-only cookies.
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162   Third-party cookies
163       According to RFC 6265, a cookie may be accepted only if has no "Domain"
164       attribute (in which case it is "host-only") or if the "Domain"
165       attribute is a suffix of the request URL.  This effectively prohibits
166       Site A from setting a cookie for unrelated Site B, which is one
167       potential third-party cookie vector.
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SUPPORT

175   Bugs / Feature Requests
176       Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at
177       <https://github.com/dagolden/HTTP-CookieJar/issues>.  You will be
178       notified automatically of any progress on your issue.
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180   Source Code
181       This is open source software.  The code repository is available for
182       public review and contribution under the terms of the license.
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184       <https://github.com/dagolden/HTTP-CookieJar>
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186         git clone https://github.com/dagolden/HTTP-CookieJar.git
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AUTHOR

189       David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
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CONTRIBUTORS

192       •   Dan Book <grinnz@grinnz.com>
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194       •   David Golden <xdg@xdg.me>
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196       •   jvolkening <jdv@base2bio.com>
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COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

199       This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by David Golden.
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201       This is free software, licensed under:
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203         The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004
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