Java tutorial
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Cookie; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpState; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod; public class GetCookiePrintAndSetValue { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); client.getParams().setParameter("http.useragent", "My Browser"); GetMethod method = new GetMethod("http://localhost:8080/"); try { client.executeMethod(method); Cookie[] cookies = client.getState().getCookies(); for (int i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) { Cookie cookie = cookies[i]; System.err.println("Cookie: " + cookie.getName() + ", Value: " + cookie.getValue() + ", IsPersistent?: " + cookie.isPersistent() + ", Expiry Date: " + cookie.getExpiryDate() + ", Comment: " + cookie.getComment()); cookie.setValue("My own value"); } client.executeMethod(method); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e); } finally { method.releaseConnection(); } } }