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varun790
February 7, 2024
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Setting a cookie through dispatcher

  • February 7, 2024
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I am trying to set a cookie through dispatcher  and I using the below header

Header set Set-Cookie "currentCountryNames=Indian; path=/"

 

It works fine with static value, but I need to get the dynamic value through CDN(cloudfront) by using header HTTP:CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME .

 

I tried this then

Header set Set-Cookie "currentCountryName=%{HTTP:CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME}; Path=/"

but it did not worked it is giving syntax error 

Unrecognized header format %;

 

 

 

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    Best answer by arunpatidar

    Hi @varun790 
    You can try

     

    <Location "/your-path"> SetEnvIf CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME "(.*)" COUNTRY=$1 Header always set Set-Cookie "country=${COUNTRY}; Path=/; Expires=Thu, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT" </Location>

     

    Note: The SetEnvIf directive requires the mod_setenvif module to be enabled in Apache. Ensure that it is enabled in your Apache configuration. Additionally, this assumes that CloudFront is forwarding the CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME header to your origin server.

     

    4 replies

    Kamal_Kishor
    Community Advisor
    Kamal_KishorCommunity Advisor
    Community Advisor
    February 7, 2024

    @varun790: Are you doing this in dispatcher configuration?

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      varun790Author
      February 7, 2024

      Yes in dispatcher config

        Kamal_Kishor
        Community Advisor
        Kamal_KishorCommunity Advisor
        Community Advisor
        February 7, 2024

        @varun790 : I am not sure if CloudFront header be accessible in dispatcher layer like the way you are trying to access.

        Is it not possible for you to set this cookie at CloudFront layer?

        thanks.

          arunpatidar
          Community Advisor
          arunpatidarCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
          Community Advisor
          February 7, 2024

          Hi @varun790 
          You can try

           

          <Location "/your-path"> SetEnvIf CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME "(.*)" COUNTRY=$1 Header always set Set-Cookie "country=${COUNTRY}; Path=/; Expires=Thu, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT" </Location>

           

          Note: The SetEnvIf directive requires the mod_setenvif module to be enabled in Apache. Ensure that it is enabled in your Apache configuration. Additionally, this assumes that CloudFront is forwarding the CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME header to your origin server.

           

          Arun Patidar
            Raja_Reddy
            Community Advisor
            Raja_ReddyCommunity Advisor
            Community Advisor
            February 7, 2024

            Hi @varun790 

            You can set a cookie with the value of the HTTP:CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME header using expr syntax:

            <If "%{HTTP:CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME} != ''">
    Header expr Set-Cookie 'currentCountryName="%{HTTP:CLOUDFRONT-VIEWER-COUNTRY-NAME}"; Path=/'
</If>

             

              kautuk_sahni
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              kautuk_sahniCommunity Manager
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              February 8, 2024

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