Providing Access to Web Content Through Cookies

If the web site accessed by this content source requires information to be sent in the form of cookies, you can specify the cookie settings on the Cookie Information page of the Content Source Editor.

Open the Content Source Editor by creating a new web content source or editing an existing one.
Click the Cookie Information page.
Determine what cookie information you need to send through one of the following methods:
- Contact the person who wrote the form.
- Viewing the cookies through your internet browser:
  1. Set your internet browser to prompt you before accepting cookies.
    
    Refer to your browser's online help for instructions.
  2. Navigate to the web site this content source will access.
  3. When prompted to accept a cookie, view the cookie information.
    
    For each cookie you receive, make note of the name and data values and the base URL from which it was sent.
Under Cookies, specify the cookie information needed to gain access to this site:
- To add information for a cookie:
  1. Click Add.
  2. In the Name box, type the text displaying in the Name field for the cookie.
  3. In the Value box, type the text displaying in the Data field for the cookie.
  4. In the Cookie URL box, type the base URL from which the cookie was sent.
    
    For example, if you need a cookie to access all areas of a web site, you might type http://www.mysite.com, but if the cookie is needed to access only a particular area of a web site, you might type http://www.mysite.com/securedcontent.
- To remove a cookie, select the cookie and click .
  
  To select or clear all of the cookie boxes, select or clear the box to the left of Name.

Parent topic: Providing Access to Web Content with Web Content Sources

AquaLogic Interaction Administrator Guide

Providing Access to Web Content Through Cookies