disable/ignore cookies with httpclient

Question

How can I disable/ignore default cookie handling of httpclient. I want to do it manually. I want to set a pre-defined cookie header for all http requests.

Answer 1

The latest httpclient (4.5.1) has a method called "disableCookieManagement", and it appears this just disables the internal cookie management, not the ability to send or receive cookies, and is working for me-

http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/org/apache/http/impl/client/HttpClientBuilder.html#disableCookieManagement()

Answer 2

Set httpclient.setCookieStore(cookieStore); before you execute your HttpClient