save and restore cookies

[kojon]

How to save and restore a cookies correctly?
$browser->get_cookie(); - I understand saves all cookies for the current page?
$browser->set_cookie() how does it work?

Is it possible to save flash cookies and get session cookies?

[KimmoFrye]

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[support]

To work with cookies the program has the following functions:

• get_cookie - get cookies for the current page
• get_cookie_for_url - get cookies for a given url
• set_cookie - set cookies for the current page
• set_cookie_for_url - set cookies for a given url
• flash_cookies_save - save flash cookies
• flash_cookies_restore - restore flash cookies
• flash_cookies_delete - delete flash cookies
• get_cookies_folder – get a folder for the cookies
• set_cookies_folder – set a folder for the cookies

There are two ways to save and restore different cookies. For example we need save a cookie for two accounts of google.

1. The function browser->set_cookies_folder.

Set cookies folder for "account 1". for example: "cookies/google1/".

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$browser->set_cookies_folder("cookies/google1/");

Then navigate to google and login to account 1 and then close google page.

Next step: change cookies folder for "account 2". for example: "cookies/google2/".

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$browser->set_cookies_folder("cookies/google2/");

Then navigate to google and login to "account 2" and then close google page.

Now when we need using "account 1", we set cookies folder "cookies/google1/" and then navigate to google. If we need using "account 2", we set cookies folder "cookies/google1/" and then navigate to google.

2. The save cookie to file.

Navigate to google and login to "account 1" and then save cookie to file:

$google1 = $browser->get_cookie();
$textfile->write_file("cookies/google1.txt",$google1);

Now same doing for "account 2". Navigate to google and login to "account 2" and then save cookie to file:

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$google2 = $browser->get_cookie();
$textfile->write_file("cookies/google2.txt",$google2);

For restore cookies using follow code:

for "account 1"

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$google1=$textfile->read_file("cookies/google1.txt");
$browser->set_cookie($google1);
// and then
$browser->navigate("http://www.google.com/")

for "account 2"

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$google2=$textfile->read_file("cookies/google2.txt");
$browser->set_cookie($google2);
// and then
$browser->navigate("http://www.google.com/")