http://dev.metrixstream.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Site%3AAPI%3AUserCookieData 2026-09-12T17:33:41Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.1 http://dev.metrixstream.com/w/index.php?title=Site:API:UserCookieData&diff=609&oldid=prev 2012-08-30T04:31:08Z

<p>Created page with &quot;= User Cookie Data = User cookie data is essentially what you are used to with a webbrowser, but stored server side. The benefits of storing this data server side include the...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>= User Cookie Data =<br /> <br /> User cookie data is essentially what you are used to with a webbrowser, but stored server side. The benefits of storing this data server side include the ability to have them persist across different computers. This means when a user logs in from home and work, the experience will be the same.<br /> <br /> The big difference between a user cookie and a browser cookie, is that a user cookie requires an authenticated session.... meaning no anonymous preferences are supported. Note: you are not forced to choose one or the other, so you can mix and match each solution to fit your requirements.<br /> <br /> == Set User Cookie ==<br /> <br /> This API call is responsible for setting a user cookie.<br /> <br /> === Authentication Restrictions ===<br /> <br /> An authenticated user.<br /> <br /> === Required Parameters ===<br /> <br /> * &lt;code&gt;action=usercookie&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * &lt;code&gt;verb=set&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * &lt;code&gt;name&lt;/code&gt;: the name of the user cookie.<br /> :: this has a maximum of 48 characters.<br /> * &lt;code&gt;value&lt;/code&gt;: the value of the user cookie.<br /> :: this has a maximum of 1000 characters.<br /> <br /> === Successful Response ===<br /> <br /> * &lt;code&gt;status=ok&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Delete User Cookie ==<br /> <br /> This API call is responsible for deleting a user cookie. The response will still succeed, if the cookie doesn't exist.<br /> <br /> === Authentication Restrictions ===<br /> <br /> This API call is responsible for setting a user cookie.<br /> <br /> === Required Parameters ===<br /> <br /> * &lt;code&gt;action=usercookie&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * &lt;code&gt;verb=del&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * &lt;code&gt;name&lt;/code&gt;: the name of the user cookie.<br /> <br /> === Successful Response ===<br /> <br /> * &lt;code&gt;status=ok&lt;/code&gt;</div>

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