python requests keep cookies

Python Requests Keep Cookies

When making HTTP requests using the Python Requests library, cookies are often used to store information about the session. By default, Requests will keep cookies between requests automatically. This means that if you make multiple requests to the same website, the cookies from the previous requests will be sent with the subsequent requests.

Example:

import requests

# First request
response = requests.get('https://example.com')
print(response.cookies)

# Second request
response = requests.get('https://example.com')
print(response.cookies)

The above code will print out the cookies for each request. You will notice that the same cookies are used for both requests.

If you want to disable cookie handling for a particular request, you can set the cookies parameter to None:

import requests

# Disable cookies for this request
response = requests.get('https://example.com', cookies=None)

You can also use a session object to persist cookies across multiple requests:

import requests

# Create a session object
session = requests.Session()

# First request
response = session.get('https://example.com')
print(response.cookies)

# Second request
response = session.get('https://example.com')
print(response.cookies)

The above code will print out the cookies for each request. You will notice that the same cookies are used for both requests because they were persisted across requests using the session object.

Another way to persist cookies across multiple requests is to use a cookie jar:

import requests

# Create a cookie jar object
cookie_jar = requests.cookies.RequestsCookieJar()

# Add a cookie
cookie_jar.set('name', 'value')

# Use the cookie jar in a request
response = requests.get('https://example.com', cookies=cookie_jar)

The above code sets a cookie in the cookie jar and then uses the cookie jar in a request.

Overall, there are multiple ways to keep cookies in Python Requests. You can choose the method that works best for your particular use case.