NAME

       CURLOPT_COOKIELIST - add to or manipulate cookies held in memory

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_COOKIELIST,
                                 char *cookie);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a char pointer to a cookie string.

       Such  a  cookie  can  be either a single line in Netscape / Mozilla format or just regular
       HTTP-style header (Set-Cookie:) format. This option also enables the cookie  engine.  This
       adds that single cookie to the internal cookie store.

       We  strongly  advice  against  loading  cookies  from  an  HTTP header file, as that is an
       inferior data exchange format.

       Exercise caution if you are using this option and multiple transfers may occur. If you use
       the  Set-Cookie  format  and the string does not specify a domain, then the cookie is sent
       for any domain (even after redirects are followed) and cannot be modified by a  server-set
       cookie.  If  a server sets a cookie of the same name (or maybe you have imported one) then
       both are sent on future transfers to that server, likely not what you intended. To address
       these  issues  set a domain in Set-Cookie (doing that includes subdomains) or much better:
       use the Netscape file format.

       Additionally, there are commands available that perform actions if you pass in these exact
       strings:

       ALL    erases all cookies held in memory

       SESS   erases all session cookies held in memory

       FLUSH  writes all known cookies to the file specified by CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR(3)

       RELOAD loads all cookies from the files specified by CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE(3)

DEFAULT

       NULL

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE

       /* an inline import of a cookie in Netscape format. */

       #define SEP  "\t"  /* Tab separates the fields */

       int main(void)
       {
         char *my_cookie =
           "example.com"    /* Hostname */
           SEP "FALSE"      /* Include subdomains */
           SEP "/"          /* Path */
           SEP "FALSE"      /* Secure */
           SEP "0"          /* Expiry in epoch time format. 0 == Session */
           SEP "foo"        /* Name */
           SEP "bar";       /* Value */

         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           /* my_cookie is imported immediately via CURLOPT_COOKIELIST. */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIELIST, my_cookie);

           /* The list of cookies in cookies.txt are not be imported until right
              before a transfer is performed. Cookies in the list that have the same
              hostname, path and name as in my_cookie are skipped. That is because
              libcurl has already imported my_cookie and it's considered a "live"
              cookie. A live cookie is not replaced by one read from a file.
           */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookies.txt");  /* import */

           /* Cookies are exported after curl_easy_cleanup is called. The server
              may have added, deleted or modified cookies by then. The cookies that
              were skipped on import are not exported.
           */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookies.txt");  /* export */

           curl_easy_perform(curl);  /* cookies imported from cookies.txt */

           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);  /* cookies exported to cookies.txt */
         }
       }

Cookie file format

       The  cookie  file  format  and  general cookie concepts in curl are described online here:
       https://curl.se/docs/http-cookies.html

HISTORY

       ALL was added in 7.14.1

       SESS was added in 7.15.4

       FLUSH was added in 7.17.1

       RELOAD was added in 7.39.0

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.14.1

RETURN VALUE

       Returns  CURLE_OK  if  the  option  is  supported,   CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION   if   not,   or
       CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

       CURLINFO_COOKIELIST(3), CURLOPT_COOKIE(3), CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE(3), CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR(3)