[Ilugc] reg Wget --load-cookies
- From: suraj@xxxxxxxxxxx (Suraj Kumar)
- Date: Wed May 31 11:39:16 2006
On 5/30/06, Venkatraman S <blizzard_venkat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I need to mention the name of the cookie along with its value in a txt file
and am sending the same as a parameter. W.r.t this, can you kindly let me
know what should be the format of the cookie file?
If you did man wget, it tells you that the cookie file has to be in
the same format as Netscape's cookie file format:
"""
Load cookies from file before the first HTTP retrieval.
file is a textual file in the format originally used by
Netscape's cookies.txt file.
You will typically use this option when mirroring sites
that require that you be logged in to access some or all
of their content. The login process typically works by the
web server issuing an HTTP cookie upon receiving and
verifying your credentials. The cookie is then resent by
the browser when accessing that part of the site, and
so proves your identity.
Mirroring such a site requires Wget to send the same
cookies your browser sends when communicating with the
site. This is achieved by --load-cookies---simply point
Wget to the location of the cookies.txt file, and it
will send the same cookies your browser would send in the
same situation. Different browsers keep textual
cookie files in different locations:
Netscape 4.x.
The cookies are in ~/.netscape/cookies.txt.
Mozilla and Netscape 6.x.
Mozilla's cookie file is also named cookies.txt,
located somewhere under ~/.mozilla, in the directory of
your profile. The full path usually ends up looking
somewhat like ~/.mozilla/default/some-weird-
string/cookies.txt.
Internet Explorer.
You can produce a cookie file Wget can use by using the
File menu, Import and Export, Export Cookies. This
has been tested with Internet Explorer 5; it is not
guaranteed to work with earlier versions.
Other browsers.
If you are using a different browser to create your
cookies, --load-cookies will only work if you can locate
or produce a cookie file in the Netscape format that
Wget expects.
"""
cheers,
-Suraj
I am using the following format in the cookie file (that is being passed as a
param):
<cookie_name> = <cookie_value>
Is this right? ;as, this doesnt seem to work.
If i hit the mid-tier url rather than hitting the big-ip, then this seems to
work. But I am not sure whether this will dis-regard the cookie file in this
case.Do i have configure big-ip to work for wget along with the cookie-option?
Kindly correct me if I am wrong and do lemme know of ur comments/feedbacks.
--Venkat
http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com
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