HttpClient Not Saving Cookies

Question

I am using the new HttpClient to handle my project's web surfing needs; However, although correctly set, the HttpClient does not save the cookies to the Cookie container and it is always EMPTY.

Code

private CookieContainer _cookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
private HttpClient HttpClient { get; set; }
private HttpClientHandler HttpClientHandler { get; set; }

public Initialize()
{
    HttpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler
                            {
                                AllowAutoRedirect = true,
                                UseCookies = true,
                                CookieContainer = _cookieContainer
                            };
    HttpClient = new HttpClient(HttpClientHandler);
}

public CookieContainer Cookies
{
    get { return _cookieContainer; }
    set { _cookieContainer = value; }
}

public void TEST()
{
    //This is always empty, although I am sure that the site is saving login cookies
    var cookies = Cookies;
}

Answer 1

Weird... Did you tried to directly use the HttpClientHandler's CookieContainer ?

Code :

public Initialize()
{
    HttpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler
                            {
                                AllowAutoRedirect = true,
                                UseCookies = true,
                                CookieContainer = new CookieContainer()
                            };
    HttpClient = new HttpClient(HttpClientHandler);
}

public CookieContainer Cookies
{
    get { return HttpClientHandler.CookieContainer; }
    set { HttpClientHandler.CookieContainer = value; }
}