Get and clear cookie using rest-client

Question

I need to get cookie value stored when making a request below:-

http://www.google.com

and also clear the cookie and then create a cookie by making a new request

Example:-

I am making this request:-

http://www.google.com

Sample cookie stored like below:-

Name:   AID
Content:    AJHaeXK3Vn1wJpwSo6hSbO9wWd_qlgczYqbEz-ushHQ
Domain: .google.com
Path:   /ads
Send for:   Any kind of connection
Accessible to script:   No (HttpOnly)
Created:    Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 11:58:15 AM
Expires:    Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 12:30:00 PM

I want to get above details by using rest-client.

I need to clear above cookie which is stored and then make a new request.

RestClient does not directly support such detailed cookie-management. Use something like Mechanize instead. — Casper, Dec 30 '14 at 10:16
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7046535/maintaining-cookies-between-mechanize-requests — Casper, Dec 30 '14 at 10:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '14 at 16:08

From what I see the cookie you've got from the rest-client doesn't have the whole information you posted:

{"PREF"=>"ID%3Da7ef052f0ef59efe%3AFF%3D0%3ATM%3D1419955587%3ALM%3D1419955587%3AS%3D1ieKQTEkT506sNXV", "domain"=>".google.pt", "NID"=>"67%3DbC3Y1L2DMHd_ZgpbnUjECoIeeRfFZixAeELI7nuT3f7LDFotI5xmGEu-FqO8O4456f1tQAim_d5KvjrLRApFGEk3lhAE7JXM3aI0DS1q6Pgl_0ahoVM_SvaXHgEQLt_5"}

But to achieve what you want (clear the cookie to make a new request) you can use this:

request = RestClient.get 'https://www.google.com'
request.cookies.clear

Get and clear cookie using rest-client

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