cgiGetCookie(3)

NAME
cgiGetCookie - Return a cookie

SYNOPSYS
#include <cgi.h>

s_cookie *cgiGetCookie (s_cgi *parms, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
This routine returns a pointer to a s_cookie structure that contains all values for the cookie as referenced by name. The pointer must not be freed. The s_cookie structure is declared as follows:
    typedef struct cookie_s {
        char     *version,
                 *name,
                 *value,
                 *path,
                 *domain;
    } s_cookie;
Memory allocated by this data structure is automatically freed by the final call to cgiFree(3). To set a cookie in your program you'll need to manually add additional header lines. Please take a look at cgitest.c. Basically, you'll need to add the following code:
   cgiSetHeader ("Set-Cookie", "Version=1; name=value; Path=/");
   cgiHeader();
Please read the included file cookies.txt as well.

RETURN VALUE
On success a pointer to a s_cookie structure is returned. If no cookie was set or no cookie with a given name exists NULL is returned.

AUTHOR
This CGI library is written by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>. If you have additions or improvements please get in touch with him.

SEE ALSO
cgiGetValue(3), cgiGetVariables(3), cgiGetCookies(3), cgiDebug(3), cgiHeader(3), cgiInit(3), cgiFree(3).