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Suggested by Daniel Goehler – Needs Votes 

Could you please add HttpClientHandler with UseCookies = false to your AL wrapper of the .Net class HttpClient to allow to set cookies? There are APIs like Qlik Sense (https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2019/Subsystems/Platform/Content/Sense_PlatformOverview/Integration/expose-qlik-sense.htm) who uses Cookies for Authentication. We are currently not able to use those APIs in the Cloud, because HttpClient by default don't transfers the header "Cookie". All other header can be set and will be transferred. C# Console Example: var handler = new HttpClientHandler { UseCookies = false }; using (var client = new HttpClient(handler)) { client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Cookie", "cookiename=value"); var response = await client.GetAsync("https://server/api"); response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode(); string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); Console.WriteLine(responseBody); }

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Comments (5)
  • Daniel Goehler
    Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:09:22 GMT
    AL Example, where the HTTP header "TestHeader" will be transferred to the server, but the HTTP header "Cookie" not. trigger OnAction() var WebClient: HttpClient; ResponseMessage: HttpResponseMessage; Response: Text; begin WebClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add('TestHeader', 'cookiename=value'); WebClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add('Cookie', 'cookiename=value'); WebClient.Get('https://server/api', ResponseMessage); ResponseMessage.Content().ReadAs(Response); Message(Response); end;
  • Cristian Matteucci
    Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:09:34 GMT
    On HTTPCLIENT object seems that not all headers from the http response are accessible and not all headers can be setted. [...] soap_HttpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAs(ResponseText); ResponseHeaders := soap_HttpResponseMessage.Headers; soap_HttpResponseMessage.Content.GetHeaders(ResponseHeaders); if not soap_HttpClient.Get(UrlLoc, soap_HttpResponseMessage) then createError('Error', 'Error on call'); if not soap_HttpResponseMessage.IsSuccessStatusCode then createError('Error: ' + FORMAT(soap_HttpResponseMessage.HttpStatusCode), soap_HttpResponseMessage.ReasonPhrase); soap_HttpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAs(ResponseText); [...]
  • Rene Scott Simonsen
    Mon, 21 Jun 2021 06:16:16 GMT
    I don't understand how you can ship HttpClient where it's impossible to use cookies. I get that the underlying type is .NET HttpClient, but you could at least instantiate it in such a way where the cookies we add aren't overwritten (since the .NET HttpClient does support this).
  • Mark Willson
    Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:30:47 GMT

    Its a bit of joke really that to use cookies in AL we have to resort to using HttpWebRequest when MS have this on the HttpWebRequest page (HttpWebRequest Class (System.Net) | Microsoft Learn) " Important

    We don't recommend that you use HttpWebRequest for new development. Instead, use the System.Net.Http.HttpClient class."

  • Christian Böteführ
    Thu, 25 May 2023 06:37:05 GMT

    This would be a really helpful feature as some APIs do not support other mechanisms than cookies.

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