# Cookies - sessions- Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 27, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973 "2008-04-27T10:10:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973/1 "2008-04-27T10:10:43Z")

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Hi,

In the cookies file, i have my settings to connect to an site.

User, password, cid and sid.  
The problem is the sid, that change everytime depending if i have  
connected again or closed the browser.

Is it possible to programs something dynamically, so that in my rb file  
the sid is picked up automatically?

For instance i’m connected to this site through my ruby program.  
Now if i log in on an other computer my ruby programs fail, because the  
sid is not correct anymore.

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**Author:** ![fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973/2 "2008-04-28T17:59:11Z")

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could ask this on the rails list. I think the answer might be Restful  
or something like that.

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**Author:** ![fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973/3 "2008-04-28T18:31:02Z")

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Which list is this?  
thnx

Roger P. schreef:

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**Author:** ![fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973/4 "2008-04-28T19:02:51Z")

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Avdi G. schreef:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Fred [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > Which list is this?
> 
> This is the Ruby language list. You can find the Rails mailing list here:  
> [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973/5 "2008-04-29T11:29:05Z")

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Herb Martin schreef:

> > Is it possible to programs something dynamically, so that in my rb file  
> > the sid is picked up automatically?
> > 
> > For instance i’m connected to this site through my ruby program.  
> > Now if i log in on an other computer my ruby programs fail, because the  
> > sid is not correct anymore.
> 
> Google: [ruby libcurl]

I can’t get this too work.  
Thnx anyway

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**Author:** ![fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973/6 "2008-04-28T18:39:19Z")

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On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Fred [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Which list is this?

This is the Ruby language list. You can find the Rails mailing list  
here:  
[http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk)

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**Author:** ![fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973/7 "2008-04-29T11:36:52Z")

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curl allows you to save cookies to a file then reload them, if that’s  
useful.  
What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

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**Author:** ![fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@fred](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fred)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cookies-sessions-ruby/135973/8 "2008-04-29T12:03:35Z")

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Roger P. schreef:

> curl allows you to save cookies to a file then reload them, if that’s useful.  
> What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
> 
> > > Google: [ruby libcurl]

Hi,

In the cookies file, i have my settings to connect to an site.

User, password, cid and sid.  
The problem is the sid, that change everytime depending if i have  
connected again or closed the browser.

Is it possible to programs something dynamically, so that in my rb file  
the sid is picked up automatically?

For instance i’m connected to this site through my ruby program.  
Now if i log in on an other computer my ruby programs fail, because the  
sid is not correct anymore.
