Dropping Cookies

[Kev 69]

Hi all,

If I created a bot that would ultimately end on a page rhrough an affilaite link is it correct to assume that the cookie has been dropped to the users default browser or is it simply confined to the ubot browser?

 

I like the idea of dropping a cookie from within the browser of ubot, but if it stays there then I'm relying on the user to purchase/signup from WITHIN the browser - something I doubt many would do.

 

Any experiences?

 

Thanks

[JohnB 255]

I'm not sure. I will ask Eddie about this and post back.

 

John

[Eddie Waller 158]

Cookies in UBot Studio are not shared with other browsers. You would have to set the cookie in whichever browser the person normally uses (firefox, IE, chrome, etc).

 

Hope that helps clear that up.

[Praney Behl 314]

You can possibly do it using JavaScript.

 

Here is a sample function:

setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)

 

var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
((secure) ? "; secure" : "")
// Actually placing the cookie
document.cookie = curCookie

 

Combined:

function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)
{
var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
((secure) ? "; secure" : "")
document.cookie = curCookie
}

 

You can do some research on the rest.

 

Hope it helps.

 

Praney