Persists UIWebView cookies to disk. To send the cookies with an initial NSURLRequest you must do the following after loading the cookies: NSMutableURLRequest* request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:yourURL]; NSDictionary* headers = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:[[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookies]]; [requ…

NSHTTPCookieStorage+FreezeDry.h

//
//  NSHTTPCookieStorage+FreezeDry.h
//
//  Created by Maciej Swic on 19/08/13.
//  
//  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
//  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
//  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
//  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
//  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
//  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//  
//  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
//  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//  
//  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
//  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
//  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
//  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
//  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
//  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
//  THE SOFTWARE.

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface NSHTTPCookieStorage (FreezeDry)

- (void)save;
- (void)load;

@end

NSHTTPCookieStorage+FreezeDry.m

//
//  NSHTTPCookieStorage+FreezeDry.m
//
//  Created by Maciej Swic on 19/08/13.
//  
//  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
//  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
//  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
//  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
//  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
//  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//  
//  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
//  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//  
//  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
//  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
//  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
//  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
//  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
//  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
//  THE SOFTWARE.

#import "NSHTTPCookieStorage+FreezeDry.h"

@implementation NSHTTPCookieStorage (FreezeDry)

- (void)save {
    NSMutableArray* cookieData = [NSMutableArray new];

    NSHTTPCookieStorage *cookieStorage = [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage];
    for (NSHTTPCookie* cookie in [cookieStorage cookies]) {
        NSMutableDictionary* cookieDictionary = [NSMutableDictionary new];
        cookieDictionary[NSHTTPCookieName] = cookie.name;
        cookieDictionary[NSHTTPCookieValue] = cookie.value;
        cookieDictionary[NSHTTPCookieDomain] = cookie.domain;
        cookieDictionary[NSHTTPCookiePath] = cookie.path;
        cookieDictionary[NSHTTPCookieSecure] = (cookie.isSecure ? @"YES" : @"NO");
        cookieDictionary[NSHTTPCookieVersion] = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", cookie.version];
        if (cookie.expiresDate) cookieDictionary[NSHTTPCookieExpires] = cookie.expiresDate;
        
        [cookieData addObject:cookieDictionary];
    }
    
    [cookieData writeToFile:[self storagePath] atomically:TRUE];
}

- (void)load {
    NSMutableArray* cookies = [NSMutableArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:[self storagePath]];
    NSHTTPCookieStorage *cookieStorage = [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage];
    
    for (NSDictionary* cookieData in cookies) {
        [cookieStorage setCookie:[NSHTTPCookie cookieWithProperties:cookieData]];
    }
}

- (NSString*)storagePath {
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSLibraryDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/Cookies.data", paths[0]];
}

@end