How can I connect to a server with cookie? about socket.io-client-java HOT 10 CLOSED

I'm having similar problem.

I have already built websockets server which was built for JS primarily and I'm reusing client session cookies from simple HTTP request when client loaded the page. When client socket connects to the server I capture that cookie and use it to identify the user. This makes handling users super simple, as there is libraries for Node.js that can essentially handle session cookies for you.

Unfortunately once I connect to server from android, I have no cookies set, even if I try to make HTTP connection before I connect to server.

P.S.
I'm just starting to learn Android dev and the stuff above that I wrote might make little to no sense at all, in which case I would gladly clarify my use case.

Thanks for your job on this socket.io client!

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On just released v0.1.3, you can access to http headers like the following:

    socket.io().on(Manager.EVENT_TRANSPORT, new Emitter.Listener() {
            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                Transport transport = (Transport)args[0];
                transport.on(Transport.EVENT_REQUEST_HEADERS, new Emitter.Listener() {
                    @Override
                    public void call(Object... args) {
                        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                        Map<String, String> headers = (Map<String, String>)args[0];
                        // set header
                        headers.put("X-SocketIO", "hi");
                    }
                }).on(Transport.EVENT_RESPONSE_HEADERS, new Emitter.Listener() {
                    @Override
                    public void call(Object... args) {
                        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                        Map<String, String> headers = (Map<String, String>)args[0];
                       // get header
                        String value = headers.get("X-SocketIO");
                    }
                });
            }
        });

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@nkzawa Will this add "X-SocketIO": "hi" to each socket.io request that I will send?

I'm using passport.js with https://github.com/jfromaniello/passport.socketio.

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@danpe yes.

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Can I give the socket a java.net.CookieManager / java.net.CookieStore to use ?
Or I should implement my own function to read the and write to the cookie store using the example you gave ?

If so, do you want me to add this feature as a pull request ?

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@danpe Unfortunately, you need to implement your own.

I don't have any thought to add such feature to the library for now, since I'd like to keep it simple as much as possible. Though it depends on how many requests we get.

Thank you for your suggestion anyway!

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use url param to send cookie instead of send headers directly will better :D

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Need cookie store! :(

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if you use this, you will probably be sad, as I was when I found out that the JavaScript socket.io client will never support sending headers.

see:

socketio/socket.io-client#648 (comment)

In my case, i need to rewrite my API to handle authentication in a separate step -- after connecting.

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@nkzawa Your example seems to work except that the Transport headers are actually a Map, List> in the PollingXHR class.

Not sure why they need to be a Map of Lists not just a Map of Strings?

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