C ++ Curl adding and sending cookies

Question

I am trying to write a program that sends mail data and cookies. The cookie adding part does not seem to add the cookie correctly ...

#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <curl/curl.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { CURL *curl; CURLcode res; struct curl_httppost *formpost=NULL; struct curl_httppost *lastptr=NULL; struct curl_slist *headerlist=NULL; static const char buf[] = "Expect:"; curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL); /* Fill in the nick field */ curl_formadd(&formpost, &lastptr, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "nick", CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "nichnameofxxx", CURLFORM_END); /* Fill in the pass field */ curl_formadd(&formpost, &lastptr, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "pass", CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "passwordofxxx", CURLFORM_END); /* Other fields like ID */ curl_formadd(&formpost, &lastptr, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "ProfileID", CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "77820", CURLFORM_END); /* Fill in the submit field too, even if this is rarely needed */ curl_formadd(&formpost, &lastptr, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "submit", CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "send", CURLFORM_END); curl = curl_easy_init(); /* initalize custom header list (stating that Expect: 100-continue is not wanted */ headerlist = curl_slist_append(headerlist, buf); //Cookies here... it a part of the Header headerlist = curl_slist_append(headerlist, "Cookie: name=xxx; name2=xxx"); if(curl) { // what URL that receives this POST curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.mything.org/index.php?id=log2"); if ((argc == 2) && (!strcmp(argv[1], "noexpectheader"))) curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headerlist); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, formpost); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); curl_formfree(formpost); curl_slist_free_all (headerlist); } return 0; } 

ANY help is appreciated!

Answer 1

First run the cookie engine, this is done using

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, ""); 

Instead of explicitly specifying an HTTP header, set a cookie with CURLOPT_COOKIE:

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIE, "name=xxx; name2=xxx;");