# How to download cookies in ruby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-download-cookies-in-ruby/164722>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 4, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-download-cookies-in-ruby/164722 "2009-04-04T18:53:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![chutsu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@chutsu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chutsu)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-download-cookies-in-ruby/164722/1 "2009-04-04T18:53:57Z")

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Hi  
So I was trying to figure out how to download cookies in ruby, I know  
how to use wget to do that:

wget   
–save-cookies ~/.cookies/rapidshare   
–post-data “login=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD”   
-O -   
[https://ssl.rapidshare.com/cgi-bin/premiumzone.cgi](https://ssl.rapidshare.com/cgi-bin/premiumzone.cgi)   
\> /dev/null

But I would like to know ruby’s equivalent, Thanks  
Chris

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**Author:** ![chutsu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@chutsu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chutsu)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-download-cookies-in-ruby/164722/2 "2009-04-04T19:37:19Z")

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chutsu wrote:

> But I would like to know ruby’s equivalent, Thanks

Add watir, mechanize, webrat, or just “net::http” to your El Goog search  
terms!

Functional tests on HTTP, including cookies, is a well-explored area  
around here…