It looks like you are wanting a session cookie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie#Session_cookie). These are a bit of a special case usage of cookies; your server issues each HTTP client (usually a web browser) a unique ID that is used to track some state on the server. This is generally impossible to know in advance.
If you trace the HTTP traffic in a browser, I bet you make two requests; one where the server issues the session cookie (frequently a login page), and then another that POSTs to node/create. In drakma you can do the same thing, make two requests, and use the same 'drakma:cookie-jar in both requests. Some psuedo-code: (let ((cookie-jar (make-instance 'drakma:cookie-jar))) (drakma:http-request "http://path/to/create/session"; :method :post :cookie-jar cookie-jar) (drakma:http-request "http://path/to/create/node"; :method :post :cookie-jar cookie-jar) ) The drakma:cookie-jar will accept the session cookie from the server in the first http-request, and then pass it back to the server in the second http-request. Of course, you'll need to fill out the http-request parameters to match what your server is asking for. HTH, Ryan Davis Acceleration.net Director of Programming Services 2831 NW 41st street, suite B Gainesville, FL 32606 Office: 352-335-6500 x 124 Fax: 352-335-6506 On 2/9/2012 4:32 PM, Michael Minerva wrote: > I'm sorry if my question is unclear but I just started using Drakma today and > I am not very experienced with http-requests in general. > > I am trying to create an http-request that looks something like this: > > POST /?q=node/create HTTP/1.1 > Host: localhost:8888 > Cookie: > SESSdc0685ed01f285dab628a3700259e6bc=rCfmWLUeugRQNAQTs14yox_DWqZyGE2fYUS8W24j4co > Content-Length: 0 > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded > > I tried doing this with a cookie-jar and a cookie but the make-instance of > cookie required parameters such as name which I do not have (and did not need > when I made the http-request by other means). I wanted to see the actual > http-post that was being created so I could compare it to other successful > http-posts and try and find my problem (is this what header-stream might help > with)? > > --Mike > On Feb 9, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Edi Weitz wrote: > >> You know about this, don't you? >> >> http://weitz.de/drakma/#*header-stream* >> >> Otherwise, I don't really understand your question. Perhaps you could >> tell us what exactly you tried, what happened, and what you expected >> to happen. >> >> Cheers, >> Edi. >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Michael Minerva <mine...@agentsheets.com> >> wrote: >>> I just started using drakma today and so far it seems really great but I >>> had a couple quesitons. >>> >>> First, is it possible to send a simpler for example i want my http-post to >>> have something like this: >>> >>> Cookie: >>> SESSdc0685ed01f285dab628a3700259e6bc=rCfmWLUeugRQNAQTs14yox_DWqZyGE2fYUS8W24j4co >>> >>> I tried making a drakma cookie and adding it to a cookie-jar but none of >>> that seemed to work. >>> >>> Also, is there a way to print the actual post I am sending so I can see >>> what might be wrong with it? >>> >>> Thanks a lot, >>> >>> --Mike >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> drakma-devel mailing list >>> drakma-devel@common-lisp.net >>> http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/drakma-devel >> _______________________________________________ >> drakma-devel mailing list >> drakma-devel@common-lisp.net >> http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/drakma-devel >> > > _______________________________________________ > drakma-devel mailing list > drakma-devel@common-lisp.net > http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/drakma-devel _______________________________________________ drakma-devel mailing list drakma-devel@common-lisp.net http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/drakma-devel
