using HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies.Set()

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I've seen this in some code and I'm a little confused about when you would use that method. Sure, the Get() method makes sense for a request, but wouldn't you ordinarily use a Set() method for cookies in the Response.Cookies object, rather than Request.Cookies?

Did you have a look at that thread : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/573922/when-to-use-request-cookies-over-response-cookies — GeorgesD, Dec 17 '12 at 16:05
Yes I did. It does a fine job explaining that typically you set response cookies and get request cookies. But when (under what circumstances) would you set a request cookie? — larryq, Dec 17 '12 at 16:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '12 at 20:24

Let's say you have some code that expects a cookie in the request, but under some circumstances this cookie is not present. In this case you could set the cookie in the request to a default value.

Also, if you are testing code that relies on cookies being present in the request (when doing unit testing for example), then of course you need a way to set cookies without a browser (unit testing calls for testing code in isolation).

using HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies.Set()

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