# How to send a http::get or http::post with a cookie?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-send-a-http-get-or-http-post-with-a-cookie/92612>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 21, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-send-a-http-get-or-http-post-with-a-cookie/92612 "2007-04-21T15:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrpink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@mrpink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrpink)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-send-a-http-get-or-http-post-with-a-cookie/92612/1 "2007-04-21T15:46:13Z")

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Hi,  
a simple question 🙂 What options do I have to get a cookie from a  
website and then sending http:get or post with this cookie?

greets

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**Author:** ![mrpink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@mrpink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrpink)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-send-a-http-get-or-http-post-with-a-cookie/92612/2 "2007-04-22T02:42:12Z")

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On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 10:45:08PM +0900, mrpink wrote:

> Hi,  
> a simple question 🙂 What options do I have to get a cookie from a  
> website and then sending http:get or post with this cookie?

Mechanize will let you make an http request and will automatically save  
your cookies and send them on subsequent requests.

[http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/](http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/)

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**Author:** ![mrpink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@mrpink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrpink)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-send-a-http-get-or-http-post-with-a-cookie/92612/3 "2007-04-22T10:00:36Z")

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Aaron P. wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 10:45:08PM +0900, mrpink wrote:
> 
> > Hi,  
> > a simple question 🙂 What options do I have to get a cookie from a  
> > website and then sending http:get or post with this cookie?
> 
> Mechanize will let you make an http request and will automatically save  
> your cookies and send them on subsequent requests.
> 
> [http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/](http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/)

thanks that looks great but is there any doc or good examples for  
mechanize?