Hi All, I'm requesting to the backend with login credentials and the backend set cookies if login wa...

# ktor

[jamshedalamqaderi]

Hi All,
I'm requesting to the backend with login credentials and the backend set cookies if login was successful. So, how i could read the cookies using ktor client?
I've tried AcceptAllCookiesStorage but not working

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

Do you need to read cookies or store them to use for the subsequent requests?

[jamshedalamqaderi]

Both would be nice to learn

[jamshedalamqaderi]

Do I need to setup session plugin as cookies in ktor httclient{}

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

You can get the Set-Cookie header from the response by using the HttpResponse.setCookie :

val client = HttpClient(CIO)
val response = client.get("")
println(response.setCookie())

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

For automatic cookie management you can use the HttpCookies plugin.

[jamshedalamqaderi]

Does setCookie return the cookies?

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

It returns list of names/values parsed from the Set-Cookie header

[jamshedalamqaderi]

I'm using js engine and I didn't find any cookie but I can see in the network tab of the browser that cookie is available

[jamshedalamqaderi]

This is my config. Body is fine. but i think there is a bug while parsing cookies

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

A web browser doesn't allow to directly read and send cookies.

[jamshedalamqaderi]

what i could do?

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

Also, there is an issue https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KTOR-539 about using browser cookie storage.

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

You can use the Fetch API directly without Ktor.

[jamshedalamqaderi]

My app is targetting android and web.

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

You can abstract away your HTTP API through expect/actual keywords if you use KMP.

[jamshedalamqaderi]

okay. I'll try. Thanks