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Filter Cookies

Show your current list of cookies.

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Clear the list of cookies.

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ClearCookies[All];
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Create a cookie function that accepts cookies that exist only during the current session and rejects the rest. Use Echo to report whether the cookies are accepted or rejected.

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cookieFilter[cookie_Association] := If[cookie["ExpirationDate"] === Automatic, SetCookies[Echo[cookie, "Accepted"]], Echo[cookie, "Rejected: "] ]
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URLRead["amazon.com", CookieFunction -> cookieFilter]
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URLRead["user.wolfram.com", CookieFunction -> cookieFilter]
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Now $Cookies only contains the cookies with no explicit expiration date.

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