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KutaBeach
KutaBeach

Reputation: 1495

HTMLUnit rejects a cookie

I am trying to connect to some website using HTMLUnit library. A problem is that my HTMLUnit client do not accepts a cookie from that site with the following message:

WARNING: Cookie rejected: "[version: 0][name: remixchk][value: 5][domain: .vkontakte.ru][path: /][expiry: Tue Feb 21 08:53:46 MSK 2012]". Illegal domain attribute "vkontakte.ru". Domain of origin: "login.vk.com"

This is because the login form is submitted to the address different from site address.

I need to change a cookie policy in my client. I know, that I should rewrite a getCookies method in CookieManager class. I have done this in a subclass of CookieManager and then changed the CookieManager of my client in this way:

webClient.setCookieManager(new mySubclassedCookieManager());

But this changes nothing. Moreover, when rejecting the cookie the getCookies method never runs.

Where I went wrong? How can I force HTMLUnit to accept that cookie?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1803

Answers (1)

JB Nizet
JB Nizet

Reputation: 692161

You should not change the client : you should change the design of your app. HTMLUnit does what any real browser would do in this case : reject the cookie. A web site may not set a cookie for another domain, for security (and privacy) reasons.

Upvotes: 1

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