Deleting Cookies in Java

[Solarsonic]

I'm using an URLConnection to log into a site and I want to clear all of the cookies for that site every time I reconnect to the URLConnection.

How can I go about doing this?

Thanks,
~Solarsonic

[Norm]

I wonder if you can tell the server to clear your cookies. ???
My idea of how cookies work is that they are stored in your browser. When the browser connects to a server it sends all the cookies it has for that site. If you have saved any cookies from your previous connection to a site you could clear them and then send them to the site.

[Solarsonic]

I wonder if you can tell the server to clear your cookies. ???
My idea of how cookies work is that they are stored in your browser. When the browser connects to a server it sends all the cookies it has for that site. If you have saved any cookies from your previous connection to a site you could clear them and then send them to the site.

Yes, how would I go about doing this? I have no clue :/

[Norm]

Look at the contents of a HTML request header. It contains the cookies that are being sent to the server.

I have no idea how your code would save cookies. Does it get cookies from the site when it connects for login?
Can you explain all of your app in more detail?

[Solarsonic]

Look at the contents of a HTML request header. It contains the cookies that are being sent to the server.

I have no idea how your code would save cookies. Does it get cookies from the site when it connects for login?
Can you explain all of your app in more detail?

I'm trying to login to a site using an URLConnection and proxy to bypass a captcha. When I proxy, the captcha still stays for some reason...

[Norm]

Sorry, I have no idea how the site you are using works.

[Solarsonic]

Sorry, I have no idea how the site you are using works.

Do URLConnections save/use cookies? And if I want to delete cookies for a certain site, how could I do so?

[Norm]

Where would the URLConnection class get the cookie from if you are connecting for the first time?
Have you tried using the URLConnection methods to look at the contents of the header fields?

[Solarsonic]

Where would the URLConnection class get the cookie from if you are connecting for the first time?
Have you tried using the URLConnection methods to look at the contents of the header fields?

Yes, and I retrieved the cookie names and values. Now how can I delete them?

[Norm]

Does the URLConnection class send cookies when it connects to a server?

[Solarsonic]

Does the URLConnection class send cookies when it connects to a server?

I'm not sure; I think so, that's kind of what I'm asking you.

[Norm]

Do you have any software you can run to show what is sent and received?

How would URLConnection get any cookies to send on its first usage?

Here's what is sent by a simple program:

GET / HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; H010818)
Host: 127.0.0.1:8080
Accept: text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, *; q=.2, */*; q=.2
Connection: keep-alive

That's sent by this code:

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
 
public class GrabHTML {
 
 public static void Connect() throws Exception{
 
  //Set URL
  URL url = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:8080");   // Connect to my server
  URLConnection spoof = url.openConnection();
 
  //Spoof the connection so we look like a web browser
  spoof.setRequestProperty( "User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; H010818)" );
  BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(spoof.getInputStream()));
  String strLine = "";
 
  //Loop through every line in the source
  while ((strLine = in.readLine()) != null){
 
   //Prints each line to the console
   System.out.println(strLine);
  }
 
  System.out.println("End of page.");
 }
 
 public static void main(String[] args){
 
  try{
   //Calling the Connect method
   Connect();
  }catch(Exception e){
 
  }
 }
}

[Solarsonic]

Do you have any software you can run to show what is sent and received?

How would URLConnection get any cookies to send on its first usage?

Here's what is sent by a simple program:

That's sent by this code:

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
 
public class GrabHTML {
 
 public static void Connect() throws Exception{
 
  //Set URL
  URL url = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:8080");   // Connect to my server
  URLConnection spoof = url.openConnection();
 
  //Spoof the connection so we look like a web browser
  spoof.setRequestProperty( "User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; H010818)" );
  BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(spoof.getInputStream()));
  String strLine = "";
 
  //Loop through every line in the source
  while ((strLine = in.readLine()) != null){
 
   //Prints each line to the console
   System.out.println(strLine);
  }
 
  System.out.println("End of page.");
 }
 
 public static void main(String[] args){
 
  try{
   //Calling the Connect method
   Connect();
  }catch(Exception e){
 
  }
 }
}

Well apparently you can use:

connection.setRequestProperty("Cookie", "cookiename=cookievalue");

but that doesn't work for me. I just don't want to send or receive cookies at all.

[Norm]

I just don't want to send or receive cookies at all.

I don't know how you can keep the server from sending a Set-Cookie header field.
You should be able NOT to send a Cookie header field.

[Solarsonic]

I know for a fact that the server sends cookies, I got their names and values.

How can I make it so my URLConnection doesn't save/send the cookies?

I've been trying to figure this out forever, thanks.

[Norm]

How can I make it so my URLConnection doesn't save/send the cookies?

Does URLConnection save/send cookies without you telling it to?

[Solarsonic]

Does URLConnection save/send cookies without you telling it to?

I believe so. But you're the pro here...

[Norm]

Not really. I find out things by trial and error and by looking at the stash of programs I've written over the years.
Why do you believe so? Do you have a small program that demonstrates it?

[Solarsonic]

Not really. I find out things by trial and error and by looking at the stash of programs I've written over the years.
Why do you believe so? Do you have a small program that demonstrates it?

According to the headers of the URLConnection, the site sends Set-Cookie requests.

Also, I know it must be cookies because when I proxy the captcha still stays.

[Norm]

Yes, you wouldn't have any control over the site sending Set-Cookie.

it must be cookies because when I proxy the captcha still stays

No idea what causes the captcha to stay. Can there be other reasons?
Can you show that your code sends Cookies?