CURLINFO_COOKIELIST(3) Library Functions Manual CURLINFO_COOKIELIST(3)
NAME
CURLINFO_COOKIELIST - all known cookies
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_COOKIELIST,
struct curl_slist **cookies);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a 'struct curl_slist *' to receive a linked-list of
all cookies curl knows (expired ones, too). Do not forget to call
curl_slist_free_all(3) on the list after it has been used. If there are
no cookies (cookies for the handle have not been enabled or none have
been received) the 'struct curl_slist *' is made a NULL pointer.
Cookies that were imported in the Set-Cookie format without a domain
name are not exported by this option.
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* enable the cookie engine */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "");
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(result == CURLE_OK) {
/* extract all known cookies */
struct curl_slist *cookies = NULL;
result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_COOKIELIST, &cookies);
if(!result && cookies) {
/* a linked list of cookies in cookie file format */
struct curl_slist *each = cookies;
while(each) {
printf("%s\n", each->data);
each = each->next;
}
/* we must free these cookies when we are done */
curl_slist_free_all(cookies);
}
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.14.1
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_getinfo(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred,
see libcurl-errors(3).
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_COOKIELIST(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)
libcurl 2026-03-23 CURLINFO_COOKIELIST(3)
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