Can I retrieve a cookie from another site from the user's machine?

[Jim]

Hi,

I'm working on an intranet site for a large client who has a search routine
that runs on another intranet site on a different server. This search
routine saves its searches in cookies for re-use. My client would like to
display those saved searches on their own page. Is there any way that I can
retrieve cookies from another site? I think this is impossible and I'll
have to use an IFRAME with content from the other site, but I'd love to hear
otherwise.

Thanks, Jim

 

[Matt Hawley]

Jim,

This cannot be directly done from your website - you'll have to do some workaround like you mentioned.

Matt Hawley, MCAD .NET
http://www.eworldui.net

Hi,

I'm working on an intranet site for a large client who has a search routine
that runs on another intranet site on a different server. This search
routine saves its searches in cookies for re-use. My client would like to
display those saved searches on their own page. Is there any way that I can
retrieve cookies from another site? I think this is impossible and I'll
have to use an IFRAME with content from the other site, but I'd love to hear
otherwise.

Thanks, Jim

 

[Peter O'Reilly]

Not possible with cookies due to security implications. Only within its own
domain may such information be retrieved.
Here is a link to the HTTP cookie specification which will shed more light
on what is possible with using cookies:
http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html

HTH