c# - Why can I not iterate through the cookies when I perform a request to an url?

Question

I am trying to perform a get request to https://www.footlocker.dk/. I need to obtain the session that is created, when visiting this url.

I perform the request as following:

            string url = "https://www.footlocker.dk/";

            HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
            request.Proxy = null;
            request.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();

            using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
            {

                foreach (Cookie cookie in response.Cookies)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("name=" + cookie.Name);
                    Console.WriteLine("value=" + cookie.Value);
                    Console.WriteLine("path=" + cookie.Path);
                    Console.WriteLine("domain=" + cookie.Discard);
                    
                }
            }

However it doesnt return me any cookies..

I need these cookies, when I want to go ahead and make a post request afterward, to perform a specific action on this url.

Regards!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65887230/why-can-i-not-iterate-through-the-cookies-when-i-perform-a-request-to-an-url

Answer 1

Check the response payloads:

You'll see that the call: https://www.footlocker.dk/api/session?timestamp=1611587725706 has a response header like this:

set-cookie: JSESSIONID=orfy8ma22lox1nd8wxdyf8h4e.fzcxwefapipdb018883; Path=/; HTTPOnly

The https://www.footlocker.dk/ sets no such cookies. Bear in mind that if you go throug the calls, you'll see multiple cookie sets, and you can't be absolutely sure which one you need to make things work, though I believe that you can get the cookie you need just by making the session call.

The final cookie definition looks like this: