The cookie file format is text based and stores one cookie per line. Lines that start with # are treated as comments.
Each line that specifies a single cookie consists of seven text fields separated with TAB characters (ASCII octet 9). A valid line must end with a newline character.
| Number | Type Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
string | example.com | the domain name |
boolean | FALSE | include subdomains |
string | /foobar/ | path |
boolean | TRUE | send/receive over HTTPS only |
number | 1462299217 | expires at - seconds since Jan 1st 1970, or 0 |
string | person | name of the cookie |
string | daniel | value of the cookie |
The following example was generated by crawling the WebCopy cookies demonstation page and demonstrates a mixture of different cookie attributes.
# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
# Generated by Cyotek WebCopy v1.9.1.0 on 2023-03-13T10:13:33
# Edit at your own risk.
demo.cyotek.com FALSE /features/ FALSE 1678706015 CrawlDemo_Path gamma
demo.cyotek.com FALSE / FALSE 1678706015 CrawlDemo_Domain delta
demo.cyotek.com FALSE / TRUE 1678706015 CrawlDemo_Secure epsilon
#HttpOnly_demo.cyotek.com FALSE / FALSE 1678706015 CrawlDemo_HttpOnly zeta
demo.cyotek.com FALSE /features/ FALSE 0 CrawlDemo_Session alpha
demo.cyotek.com FALSE / FALSE 0 PHPSESSID eo74gbd2lcu675r338so6q7g40
demo.cyotek.com FALSE /features/cookies.php FALSE 1678706015 CrawlDemo_Expires beta
demo.cyotek.com FALSE /features/cookies.php FALSE 1678706015 CrawlDemo_Song I%2520am%2520the%2520very%2520model%2520of%2520a%2520modern%2520Major-General%252C%250D%250AI%2527ve%2520information%2520vegetable%252C%2520animal%252C%2520and%2520mineral%252C%250D%250AI%2520know%2520the%2520kings%2520of%2520England%252C%2520and%2520I%2520quote%2520the%2520fights%2520historical%250D%250AFrom%2520Marathon%2520to%2520Waterloo%252C%2520in%2520order%2520categorical%253B%250D%250AI%2527m%2520very%2520well%2520acquainted%252C%2520too%252C%2520with%2520matters%2520mathematical%252C%250D%250AI%2520understand%2520equations%252C%2520both%2520the%2520simple%2520and%2520quadratical%252C%250D%250AAbout%2520binomial%2520theorem%2520I%2527m%2520teeming%2520with%2520a%2520lot%2520o%2527%2520news%252C%250D%250AWith%2520many%2520cheerful%2520facts%2520about%2520the%2520square%2520of%2520the%2520hypotenuse.%250D%250A%2509%2509%2509
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