How can I send a request header named Cookie from internet explorer?

Question

Following code works

var xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Cookie1',Value);

But when I change it to

var xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Cookie',Value);

The browser just ignore the command. I need to send header named 'Cookie' for a API. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

It fails because the Cookie header has a predefined meaning. It's for browser cookies. You can't set it explicitly.

It seems unlikely that an API is asking you to send a request header called Cookie . Perhaps you're meant to actually send a cookie (which can you can do via document.cookie ).