xmlhttprequest-cookie

Node XMLHttpRequest-Cookie

Abstract

This is a Node.js extension module for wrapping the Node-XMLHttpRequest module to allow it to handle HTTP Cookies, similar to what a browser automatically does.

Installation

Use the Node Package Manager (NPM) to install this module locally (default) or globally (with option -g):

$ npm install [-g] xmlhttprequest-cookie

API

The API is fully compatible to the API provided by the underlying Node-XMLHttpRequest Extension Module, module (which in turn is compatible to the API defined by the W3C XMLHttpRequest API Specification. In addition, the exposed XMLHttpRequest object also has a debug flag for controlling debug messages and there is a CookieJar object exposed by the module which grants access to the cookie jar:

var fs = require("fs");
var xhrc = require("./xmlhttprequest-cookie");
var XMLHttpRequest = xhrc.XMLHttpRequest;
var CookieJar = xhrc.CookieJar;

if (fs.existsSync("./sample.db"))
    CookieJar.load(fs.readFileSync("./sample.db", { encoding: "utf8" }));

var get = function (url, complete) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.debug = true;
    xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
            console.log("body length: " + this.responseText.length);
            complete(xhr);
        }
    };
    xhr.open("GET", "https://github.com/rse/");
    xhr.send();
};

get("https://github.com/rse/", function (xhr) {
    console.log("body: " + xhr.responseText.substr(0, 100));
    get("https://github.com/rse/", function (xhr) {
        console.log("body: " + xhr.responseText.substr(0, 100));
        fs.writeFileSync("./sample.db", CookieJar.save(), { encoding: "utf8" });
    });
});

See Also

• Node-XMLHttpRequest Extension Module
• XMLHttpRequest Wikipedia Information
• XMLHttpRequest API Specification

License

Copyright (c) 2013-2019 Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall (http://engelschall.com/)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.