How to store cookies in edge browser from a C++ console application ?

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Hi,

I am able to store cookies in IE by calling IESetProtectedModeCookie API from my C++ console app.
However, this method is not working in microsoft edge browser.
Is there any alternative available in edge browser to store cookies from a C++ application ?

Thanks
Paul

What I have tried:

InternetSetCookie(url, cookieName, szCookieVal);

IESetProtectedModeCookie(url, cookieName, szCookieVal, NULL);

Posted 29-Jul-18 20:07pm

Varghese Paul M

Updated 26-Aug-18 5:06am

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Michael Haephrati · Answer 1 · 2018-08-26T05:06:00

The following code[^] works with Microsoft Edge. It is not in c++ but you can learn from it how to do it.

import win32inet
cookie_string = cookie
if cookie.find('xpires') == -1:
   expires = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(days=30)
   expires_string = expires.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT")
   cookie_string += '; expires={0}'.format(expires_string)
logging.debug("Setting cookie: %s", cookie_string)
win32inet.InternetSetCookie(url, None, cookie_string)
except Exception as err:
   logging.exception("Error setting cookie: %s", str(err))