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Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar(3)

NAME

Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar - Cookie jar for HTTP user agents

SYNOPSIS

  use Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar;
  # Add response cookies
  my $jar = Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar->new;
  $jar->add(
    Mojo::Cookie::Response->new(
      name   => 'foo',
      value  => 'bar',
      domain => 'localhost',
      path   => '/test'
    )
  );
  # Find request cookies
  for my $cookie (@{$jar->find(Mojo::URL->new('http://localhost/test'))}) {
    say $cookie->name;
    say $cookie->value;
  }

DESCRIPTION

Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar is a minimalistic and relaxed cookie jar used by Mojo::UserAgent, based on RFC 6265 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265>.

ATTRIBUTES

Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar implements the following attributes.

file

  my $file = $jar->file;
  $jar     = $jar->file('/home/sri/cookies.txt');

File to "load" cookies from and "save" cookies to in Netscape format.

  # Save cookies to file
  $jar->file('cookies.txt')->save;
  # Empty cookie jar and load cookies from file
  $jar->file('cookies.txt')->empty->load;

ignore

  my $ignore = $jar->ignore;
  $jar       = $jar->ignore(sub {...});

A callback used to decide if a cookie should be ignored by "collect".

  # Ignore all cookies
  $jar->ignore(sub { 1 });
  # Ignore cookies for domains "com", "net" and "org"
  $jar->ignore(sub ($cookie) {
    return undef unless my $domain = $cookie->domain;
    return $domain eq 'com' || $domain eq 'net' || $domain eq 'org';
  });

  my $size = $jar->max_cookie_size;
  $jar     = $jar->max_cookie_size(4096);

Maximum cookie size in bytes, defaults to 4096 (4KiB).

METHODS

Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.

add

  $jar = $jar->add(@cookies);

Add multiple Mojo::Cookie::Response objects to the jar.

all

  my $cookies = $jar->all;

Return all Mojo::Cookie::Response objects that are currently stored in the jar.

  # Names of all cookies
  say $_->name for @{$jar->all};

collect

  $jar->collect(Mojo::Transaction::HTTP->new);

Collect response cookies from transaction.

empty

  $jar = $jar->empty;

Empty the jar.

find

  my $cookies = $jar->find(Mojo::URL->new);

Find Mojo::Cookie::Request objects in the jar for Mojo::URL object.

  # Names of all cookies found
  say $_->name for @{$jar->find(Mojo::URL->new('http://example.com/foo'))};

load

  $jar = $jar->load;

Load cookies from "file".

prepare

  $jar->prepare(Mojo::Transaction::HTTP->new);

Prepare request cookies for transaction.

save

  $jar = $jar->save;

Save cookies to "file".

to_string

  my $string = $jar->to_string;

Stringify cookies in Netscape format.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <https://mojolicious.org>.

2025-10-09 perl v5.42.0