Exception calling Add. Part of cookie is invalid

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I am using the Add method of System.Net.CookieContainer. It has worked well over the years but suddenly I am getting:

Exception calling "Add" with "2" argument(s): "The 'Value'='321,386,%2F%3Fa%3D1,http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xxxx.com%2Fpremium%2Fmoney' part of the cookie is invalid."

I was adding a cookie returned from a web page. The raw header from the web page is:

...
_chartbeat_uuniq=1;
_chartbeat5=321,386,%2F%3Fa%3D1,http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xxx.com%2Fpremium%2Fmoney;
gs_p_GSN-375009-Z=0;
...

What is wrong with the cookie value? Is it the comma?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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You should encode the cookie value. The best way is by using UrlEncode. Check this out.

HttpServerUtility.UrlEncode

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Dec 12 '13 at 02:23

Andre Pena

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I was thinking of that, but the cookie value already looks Url encoded. – Old Geezer Dec 12 '13 at 02:26
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maybe you should UrlDecode what you have and then encode it again – Andre Pena Dec 12 '13 at 02:27
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I turned on Fiddler2 and find that IE and Chrome are quite happy with the comma. It is only the CookieContainer class that balks. – Old Geezer Dec 12 '13 at 03:47

Exception calling Add. Part of cookie is invalid

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