# Setting cookies with apache eruby osx

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**Created:** [March 28, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-cookies-with-apache-eruby-osx/90343 "2007-03-28T01:03:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-cookies-with-apache-eruby-osx/90343/1 "2007-03-28T01:03:07Z")

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Hi list,  
I’m attempting to write a simple web app in ruby that uses cookies. I  
can’t seem to get the program to set a cookie on the users browser. I’m  
testing my “cookie setting ability” with this script from the Pragmatic  
Guide:

\<%  
COOKIE\_NAME = ‘chocolate chip’  
require ‘cgi’  
cgi = CGI.new  
value = cgi.cookies[COOKIE\_NAME]  
if value.empty?  
msg = “It looks like you haven’t visited recently”  
else  
msg = “You last visited #{values[0]}”  
end  
cookie = CGI::Cookie.new(COOKIE\_NAME, Time.now.to\_s)  
cookie.expires = Time.now + 30_24_3600  
cgi.out(“cookie” =\> cookie){msg}  
%\>

The program isn’t throwing any errors.

On OSX, apache.  
Any ideas?  
Please…  
Thank you