How to manually read a cookie from a htm page?

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- First,I apologize, but I am new to this cookie business.
I have a winform application,and I can not read the cookies inside a htm page, with it. I need SPECIAL METHODS that can be found ONLY in ASP.NET(I find all the tutorials for ASP and not for WinForm app).
So... if cookie block found inside htm page; copy string + manipulate /or/ send my stored information to it.

1- My problem is that I dont KNOW the form of a cookie. What should I look for? What is its coding look like?
2- Also, the location - where I can find the root/address of a cookie? (from htm page)

This is the website I wish to read cookies from: www.deviantart.com [^]

And I mean, NOT using methods, but the naked htm code (+explanations if you desire).
I already discussed the Methods problem in other post, and reach no conclusion.
Here is the post: Request.Cookies and Response.Cookies[^]
Thank you.

Posted 1-Apr-15 9:22am

_Q12_

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ZurdoDev 1-Apr-15 15:34pm

Cookies are not in the HTML, they are in the full Response so I'm not sure you could get at them from a different way.

_Q12_ 1-Apr-15 15:40pm

ok, Response then, How do I call them? there should be a link or a mention about this cookie in the html page. How the browser read it ? How can I read it, in the most direct way (old school mode)?

ZurdoDev 1-Apr-15 15:42pm

Possibly use a WebBrowser control or implement the WebClient class in your app (I'm pretty sure you can still do that in WinForms).

_Q12_ 1-Apr-15 17:04pm

Can you give me the cookie methods that came with WebBrowser control?

_Q12_ 1-Apr-15 15:49pm

It is so hard to give me the core of a cookie implementation? Really?
I read something about webclient, but it's not having access to the cookie from a html page. I am using webclient to access a modern page (some pages are not readable and throw errors, but with webclient is working alright). Like I said, Im new to this cookie business.

Dave Kreskowiak 1-Apr-15 16:12pm

Cookies are sent in the browser request to the server. A server-modified cookie is sent back in the Response but it does not show up in the HTML. The browser takes the cookie and writes it to a user profile location as a text file.

The WebClient class, out of the box, doesn't support cookies. You have to create your own version of the WebClient, as described in http://codecaster.nl/blog/2012/12/using-the-webclient-class-with-cookies/.

Is it so hard? Yes. We're not in the business of writing your code for you.

_Q12_ 1-Apr-15 16:30pm

Thank you Dave,
Your explanation is good, and I like it. Also the link, I will definitely explore in depth.
So, if its not a web PAGE communication, but a SERVER communication, How can I communicate with the server itself? As I understand, trough this methods : Request and Response(!!!but ONLY found in ASP and not in Winform!!!).

- There are no OTHER ways, more direct or descriptive, to communicate with the server?
Thank you.

Dave Kreskowiak 1-Apr-15 16:50pm

No, you can't communicate with the server any other way.

_Q12_ 1-Apr-15 16:55pm

Thank you Dave, you gave me straight answers and is what i need it.
But... Can I know what is the code behind of the methods : Request and Response? (from ASP.Net, in Winform does not exist)!!!.

Also, which are the classes(+methods) responsible for server communication in winform application?

Dave Kreskowiak 1-Apr-15 16:59pm

No, because it's not just those two little methods. They are the starting points for HUGE quantities of code that you're really not going to cram into a Windows Forms app.

You really have no choice but to use a customized WebClient class.

_Q12_ 1-Apr-15 17:06pm

Dave,post an answer, to give you the credit.
Thanks again.
I will look into that custom class.

Sinisa Hajnal 2-Apr-15 2:25am

You could try to include System.Web namespace into the project and see if you can use some of the classes there.

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