cow_cookie:parse_set_cookie(3)

Name

cow_cookie:parse_set_cookie - Parse a set-cookie header

Description

parse_set_cookie(SetCookie :: binary())
    -> {ok, Name, Value, Attrs} | ignore

Name  :: binary()
Value :: binary()
Attrs :: cow_cookie:cookie_attrs()

Parse a set-cookie header.

Arguments

SetCookie

The set-cookie header value.

Return value

An ok tuple with the cookie name, value and attributes is returned on success.

An atom ignore is returned when the cookie has both an empty name and an empty value, and must be ignored.

Changelog

• 2.9: Function introduced.

Examples

case cow_cookie:parse_set_cookie(SetCookieHd) of
    {ok, Name, Value, Attrs} ->
        cookie_engine_set_cookie(Name, Value, Attrs);
    ignore ->
        do_nothing()
end.

See also

cow_cookie(3), cow_cookie:parse_cookie(3), cow_cookie:cookie(3), cow_cookie:setcookie(3)