Not allowing to set "Cookie:"

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Not allowing to set "Cookie:"

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"Set-Cookie" header sent with request to server do nothing. It do not set's any 
cookie value. Only "Cookie" and "Cookie2" headers are valid to servers as a 
cookie values. 
Normally server will treat "Set-Cookie" header as a custom header value.
But it is not possible to set "Cookie" header because specification not allow 
it.
See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-setrequestheader-method for more 
information.

Original comment by [email protected] on 6 Jan 2012 at 11:30

• Changed state: WontFix

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Thank you for your reply.  This is a testing tool, very useful for accessing 
individual RESTful services.  Sometimes, we do not have access to a service 
that sets the appropriate cookies in the browser.  Instead, we are given 
example cookie values to pass to another service, which we could then enter in 
the header.

If the problem is with the Advanced REST Client using XMLHttpRequest 
internally, maybe another approach would allow the setting of cookies.  It is 
possible for a Chrome extension to set a browser cookie; see, for example, 
Cookie Manager 
(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kbnfbcpkiaganjpcanopcgeoehkleeck).  
I wonder if similar functionality of setting a cookie would be possible from 
your app.

Original comment by [email protected] on 6 Jan 2012 at 5:21

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Looks like this restriction is on Chrome's side:

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=171220

Original comment by [email protected] on 2 Oct 2013 at 4:59