Apache HttpClient 4 0 3 - how do I set cookie with sessionID for POST request

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can you tell me how to store jsessionid in cookie  so it can be passed to the servlet with post request  I m using Apache HttpClient version 4 0 3  All the solutions I ve found explains how to do this with HttpClient 3 1  I ve read tutorial and tried this  but it isn t working   HttpPost httppost   new HttpPost postData   CookieStore cookieStore   new BasicCookieStore    BasicClientCookie cookie   new BasicClientCookie  JSESSIONID   getSessionId     cookieStore addCookie cookie   client setCookieStore cookieStore   response   client execute httppost     Edit - further explanations I m connecting to servlets written by friend  I ve logged in and obtained jsessionid  Now I want to send another request and need to pass jsessionid for authorization purpose  Servlet works fine because I used java HttpURLConnection  set the cookie  passed it and it worked  Now with HttpClient I get no exceptions but the return code from friend s servlet indicates that there was no sessionid in the request    Another Edit - I ve got one solution I set the parameter of request header and it worked  Servlet recognized sessionid  httppost setHeader  Cookie    JSESSIONID    getSessionId      Now my question is  Is this method correct

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I am so glad to solve this problem   HttpPost httppost   new HttpPost postData    CookieStore cookieStore   new BasicCookieStore     BasicClientCookie cookie   new BasicClientCookie  JSESSIONID   getSessionId        cookie setDomain  your domain    cookie setPath        cookieStore addCookie cookie    client setCookieStore cookieStore    response   client execute httppost      So Easy

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You should probably set all of the cookie properties not just the value of it  setPath    setDomain       etc

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HttpContext localContext   new BasicHttpContext    localContext setAttribute HttpClientContext COOKIE STORE  cookieStore   response   client execute httppost  localContext     doesn t work in 4 5 version without  cookie setDomain   domain com    cookie setAttribute ClientCookie DOMAIN ATTR   true

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I did it by passing the cookie through the HttpContext   HttpContext localContext   new BasicHttpContext     localContext setAttribute ClientContext COOKIE STORE  cookieStore    response   client execute httppost  localContext

[java] Apache HttpClient 4.0.3 - how do I set cookie with sessionID for POST request?

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