creating and Deleting a new cookie

tsdesai has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,

I am trying to create a new cookie and then delete it later after certain actions. Below is my code that i create cookie

use strict;
use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;
my $cookie = $q->cookie(-name=>'pass',
 -value=>'xxxx',
 -expires=>'+1h',
 -path=>'/');
 print $q->header(-cookie=>$cookie);
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The above is the pretty much standard code, but the cookie doesn't gets send to the browser. I am not sure why the cookie isn't created. I am going nuts something probably i am missing something silly. I have set the cookies before in different places but not sure why it doesn't work .

Appreciate any help. Thanks, Teju

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Re: creating and Deleting a new cookie by kennethk (Abbot) on Jun 26, 2017 at 15:35 UTC
The simple script above should work. How do you know it isn't being sent to the browser? What browser and what debugger are you using? More likely than not either the browser is configured to block cookies or you have accidentally simplified away your problem in preparing code for this site. Is there a particular reason you are using CGI? CGI was removed from CORE specifically because modern frameworks, such as Mojolicious::Lite, actually get you done faster for even simple projects than either hand-rolled or CGI-assisted web page development. A read through CGI::Alternatives is worth your time. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply]
Re^2: creating and Deleting a new cookie by tsdesai (Acolyte) on Jun 26, 2017 at 17:02 UTC
I know for the fact that they are not being sent to the browser as i can't them created on the cookie. I am using Firefox, nor i can read the values of the cookie that's created.	[reply]
Re^3: creating and Deleting a new cookie by kennethk (Abbot) on Jun 26, 2017 at 17:40 UTC
When you look at the network transactions in the Network tab of Firefox DevTools (right-click, inspect element), you don't see any mention of your cookie in the Header or Cookies tabs? Sorry, language issues are interfering with my understanding your posts. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply]
Re^4: creating and Deleting a new cookie by tsdesai (Acolyte) on Jun 27, 2017 at 06:53 UTC
Re^5: creating and Deleting a new cookie by huck (Prior) on Jun 27, 2017 at 07:29 UTC
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Re^4: creating and Deleting a new cookie by tsdesai (Acolyte) on Jun 28, 2017 at 07:33 UTC
Re: creating and Deleting a new cookie by talexb (Chancellor) on Jun 26, 2017 at 15:03 UTC
What happens when you run this from the command line? Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply]


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