How does one save cookies in HTTP Builder 0.5.0/HTTPClient - cookies

Question

I am trying per instructions here:
http://www.innovation.ch/java/HTTPClient/advanced_info.html
However, if I am using HTTP Builder, the following lines
System.setProperty("HTTPClient.cookies.save","true")
System.setProperty("HTTPClient.cookies.jar","/home/misha/.httpclient_cookies")
do not seem to create a file:
~/.httpclient_cookies
I will post a solution as always when figure it out.
:)
Misha

Answer 1

The HTTPClient you've linked is not the same as the apache HTTPClient that's bundled with the groovy HTTPBuilder. Take a look at this documentation for persisting cookies with apache HTTPClient.

Answer 2

Thank you. I went with a hackier solution:
#!/usr/bin/env groovy
import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.WebClient
import static groovyx.net.http.Method.GET
import static groovyx.net.http.ContentType.TEXT
import java.io.File
import org.apache.http.impl.cookie.BasicClientCookie
class HTTPBuilder extends groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder {
...
/**
* Load cookies from specified file
*/
def loadCookies(file) {
file.withObjectInputStream { ois->
ois.readObject().each { cookieMap->
def cookie=new BasicClientCookie(cookieMap.name,cookieMap.value)
cookieMap.remove("name")
cookieMap.remove("value")
cookieMap.entrySet().each { entry->
cookie."${entry.key}"=entry.value
}
client.cookieStore.addCookie(cookie)
println cookie
}
}
}
/**
* Save cookies to specified file
*/
def saveCookies(file) {
def cookieMaps=new ArrayList(new LinkedHashMap())
client.cookieStore.getCookies().each { cookie->
def cookieMap=[:]
cookieMap.version=cookie.version
cookieMap.name=cookie.name
cookieMap.value=cookie.value
cookieMap.domain=cookie.domain
cookieMap.path=cookie.path
cookieMap.expiryDate=cookie.expiryDate
cookieMaps.add(cookieMap)
println cookie
}
file.withObjectOutputStream { oos->
oos.writeObject(cookieMaps)
}
}
...
}