Sunday, June 16, 2013

NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage example in Objective C (iOS).


NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage

Returns the shared cookie storage instance.

+ (NSHTTPCookieStorage *)sharedHTTPCookieStorage

Return Value of [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage]
The shared cookie storage instance.
NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage example.
NSMutableDictionary *cookieProperties = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[cookieProperties setObject:name forKey:NSHTTPCookieName];
[cookieProperties setObject:strValue forKey:NSHTTPCookieValue];
[cookieProperties setObject:@"myserver.com" forKey:NSHTTPCookieDomain];    // Without http://
[cookieProperties setObject:@"myserver.com" forKey:NSHTTPCookieOriginURL]; // Without http://
[cookieProperties setObject:@"/" forKey:NSHTTPCookiePath];

// set expiration to one month from now or any NSDate of your choosing
// this makes the cookie sessionless and it will persist across web sessions and app launches
/// if you want the cookie to be destroyed when your app exits, don't set this
[cookieProperties setObject:[[NSDate date] dateByAddingTimeInterval:2629743] forKey:NSHTTPCookieExpires];

NSHTTPCookie *cookie = [NSHTTPCookie cookieWithProperties:cookieProperties];
[[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] setCookie:cookie];

Example of [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage].
NSHTTPCookieStorage *cookieStorage = [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage];
    for (NSHTTPCookie *each in cookieStorage.cookies) {
        [cookieStorage deleteCookie:each];
    }

NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage example.
1) Save cookie when they get created by uiwebview.

 NSMutableArray *cookieArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    for (NSHTTPCookie *cookie in [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookies]) {
        [cookieArray addObject:cookie.name];
        NSMutableDictionary *cookieProperties = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
        [cookieProperties setObject:cookie.name forKey:NSHTTPCookieName];
        [cookieProperties setObject:cookie.value forKey:NSHTTPCookieValue];
        [cookieProperties setObject:cookie.domain forKey:NSHTTPCookieDomain];
        [cookieProperties setObject:cookie.path forKey:NSHTTPCookiePath];
        [cookieProperties setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:cookie.version] forKey:NSHTTPCookieVersion];

        [cookieProperties setObject:[[NSDate date] dateByAddingTimeInterval:2629743] forKey:NSHTTPCookieExpires];

        [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setValue:cookieProperties forKey:cookie.name];
        [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];

    }

    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setValue:cookieArray forKey:@"cookieArray"];
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
2) Now recreate them as app restarts:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{

    NSMutableArray* cookieDictionary = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] valueForKey:@"cookieArray"];
     NSLog(@"cookie dictionary found is %@",cookieDictionary);

    for (int i=0; i < cookieDictionary.count; i++)
{

        NSLog(@"cookie found is %@",[cookieDictionary objectAtIndex:i]);
        NSMutableDictionary* cookieDictionary1 = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] valueForKey:[cookieDictionary objectAtIndex:i]];
        NSHTTPCookie *cookie = [NSHTTPCookie cookieWithProperties:cookieDictionary1];
        [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] setCookie:cookie];

 }

    // other code

}

End of NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage example article.