Setting a cookie with WEB API 2

Asked Nov 20 '15 at 08:42

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im trying to set a cookie from within my WEB API controller. I've followed the following tutorial: HTTP Cookies in ASP.NET Web API

this is the code i got:

[Route("api/user/SetCookie")]
        [HttpGet]
        public HttpResponseMessage SetCookie()
        {
            HttpResponseMessage respMessage = new HttpResponseMessage
            {
                Content = new ObjectContent<string[]>(new string[] {"value1", "value2"}, new JsonMediaTypeFormatter())
            };
            CookieHeaderValue cookie = new CookieHeaderValue("session-id", "123")
            {
                Expires = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddHours(1),
                Domain = Request.RequestUri.Host,
                Path = "/"
            };
            respMessage.Headers.AddCookies(new CookieHeaderValue[] { cookie });
            return respMessage;
        }

the problem is I can't see that any cookie is being set. I've used fiddler,postman and chrome debugger and no cookie is being presented. Any help in fixing this issue is highly appreciated!

asked Nov 20 '15 at 08:42

grimsan55

Have you tried the example under "structured cookie data" header? – Igor Ševo Nov 20 '15 at 08:49
@IgorŠevo yes i have, same result. – grimsan55 Nov 20 '15 at 08:51
in the response headers I found `Set-Cookie: session-id=123; expires=Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:52:24 GMT; domain=localhost; path=/` in fiddler – Amit Kumar Ghosh Nov 20 '15 at 08:55
Are you sure that the server and client time are in sync? – Igor Ševo Nov 20 '15 at 08:58
@AmitKumarGhosh I find this as well but i can't view the cookie. Shouldn't the cookie show up in chrome under Resources/Cookies/ ? – grimsan55 Nov 20 '15 at 09:02
I'm afraid it doesn't. – Amit Kumar Ghosh Nov 20 '15 at 09:17
The problem is i want to set a cookie after a successful login attempt and the cookie stores the username so i can access it. How can I then set a cookie and access the information that's within the cookie? – grimsan55 Nov 20 '15 at 09:19

Setting a cookie with WEB API 2

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