How to insert CookieCollection to CookieContainer?

Question

After I get response from httpwebrequest, I'd like the cookies obtained to save for the purpose of using them in another httbwebrequest. However, I'd need to insert CookieCollection to CookieContainer. How do I do that? Tried to do:

request.Cookiecontainer.add(response.Cookies);

but this keeps getting out of error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 13 '09 at 16:06

request.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
request.CookieContainer.Add(response.Cookies);

According to Microsoft:

CookieContainer is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) by default. You must assign a CookieContainer object to the property to have cookies returned in the Cookies property of the HttpWebResponse returned by the GetResponse method.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '09 at 15:46

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request.CookieContainer.Add(response.Cookies);

answered Feb 13 '09 at 15:46

John Rasch

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Object reference not set to an instance of an object. -> I'm asking because this error keeps popping out on THIS code line.. – Skuta Feb 13 '09 at 15:53
Just instantiate a CookieContainer before you add the cookies – John Rasch Feb 13 '09 at 16:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 28 '13 at 10:13

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dim cookie as new cookiecontainer

//request codes here
//response here

cookie.add(response.cookies)

edited Apr 28 '13 at 10:13

Patrick D'Souza

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answered Sep 11 '09 at 01:09

How to insert CookieCollection to CookieContainer?

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