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c#sessionwebrequest

HTTP web request doesn't maintain session

I have a program where I want to scrap some useful study material for personal use. This site maintain a session key and some other key also. If I tried to go to a nested page then it will end the session.

I'm unable to maintain session key using a web request class.

How can I maintain a session using a web request class?

Please help.

Solution

  • You need to maintain the CookiesCollection across your requests.

    var request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create("http://www.mysite.com/");
var cookies = new CookieContainer();

//Pass the collection along with each request to maintain session
request.CookieContainer = cookies;

    When you get the response back, your container will automatically contain the set of cookies associated with it. You can then reuse that container with subsequent requests.