addCookie function

Add a specific cookie.

addCookie Add a specific cookie.

addCookie(remDr, name, value, path = NULL, domain = NULL, secure = FALSE,
  httpOnly = NULL, expiry = NULL, ...)

Arguments

• remDr: An object of class "rDriver". A remote driver object see remoteDr.
• name: character: The name of the cookie; may not be null or an empty string
• value: character: The cookie value; may not be null.
• path: character: The path the cookie is visible to. If left blank or set to null, will be set to "/".
• domain: character: The domain the cookie is visible to. It should be null or the same as the domain of the current URL.
• secure: logical: Whether this cookie requires a secure connection(https?). It should be null or equal to the security of the current URL.
• httpOnly: logical: Whether the cookie is an httpOnly cookie.
• expiry: The cookie's expiration date; may be null.
• ...: Additonal function arguments - Currently passes the retry argument.

Returns

invisible(remDr): An object of class "rDriver" is invisibly returned. A remote driver object see remoteDr. This allows for chaining from this function to other functions that take such an object as an argument. See examples for further details.

Examples

## Not run:

# assume a server is running at default location
remDr <- remoteDr()
remDr %>% go("https://www.google.com/ncr") %>%
  getTitle()
# get the cookies
remDr %>% getCookie()
# get a named cookie
remDr %>% getCookie("NID")
# add our own cookie
remDr %>% addCookie(name = "myCookie", value = "12")
# check its value
remDr %>% getCookie("myCookie")
# delete our cookie
remDr %>% deleteCookie("myCookie")
# check its deleted
remDr %>% getCookie("myCookie")

# delete all cookies
remDr %>% getCookie()
remDr %>% deleteAllCookies() %>%
  getCookie()

remDr %>% deleteSession()
## End(Not run)

See Also

Other cookies functions: deleteAllCookies, deleteCookie, getAllCookies, getNamedCookie