NAME Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Cookie - Plugin providing HTTP cookie methods SYNOPSIS my $obj = $c->plugin('Cookie')->method( ... ); # Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Cookie->method() or $c->plugin('Cookie')->method( ... ); DESCRIPTION Common methods for creating and manipulating web browser cookies. PREREQUISITES This package is part of a larger distribution and was NOT intended to be used directly. In order for this plugin to work properly, the following packages must be installed: Apache2::WebApp Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Filters Params::Validate INSTALLATION From source: $ tar xfz Apache2-WebApp-Plugin-Cookie-0.X.X.tar.gz $ perl MakeFile.PL PREFIX=~/path/to/custom/dir LIB=~/path/to/custom/lib $ make $ make test $ make install Perl one liner using CPAN.pm: $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Cookie' Use of CPAN.pm in interactive mode: $ perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Cookie cpan> quit Just like the manual installation of Perl modules, the user may need root access during this process to insure write permission is allowed within the installation directory. CONFIGURATION In order to set a browser cookie, you need to specify a valid hostname in your *webapp.conf* [apache] domain = www.domain.com OBJECT METHODS set Set a new browser cookie. $c->plugin('Cookie')->set( $c, { name => 'foo', value => 'bar', expires => '24h', domain => 'www.domain.com', # optional secure => 0, }); get Return the browser cookie value. my $result = $c->plugin('Cookie')->get($name); # bar is value of $result delete Delete a browser cookie by name. $c->plugin('Cookie')->delete( \%controller, $name ); EXAMPLE package Example; use strict; sub _default { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; $c->plugin('Cookie')->set( $c, { name => 'foo', value => 'bar', expires => '1h', secure => 0, }); $c->plugin('CGI')->redirect( $c, '/app/example/verify' ); } sub verify { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; $c->request->content_type('text/html'); print $c->plugin('Cookie')->get('foo'); } 1; SEE ALSO Apache2::WebApp, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin, Apache2::Cookie AUTHOR Marc S. Brooks, - COPYRIGHT This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See