HttpClient post authentication with cookie

gistfile1.java

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.HttpCookie;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HTTP;
import org.junit.Test;

public class TestHttpClient extends TestCase {

	@Test
	public void testLogin() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
		HttpClient h = new DefaultHttpClient();
		HttpPost p = new HttpPost("http://localhost:8080/accounts/login/");

		List<BasicNameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<BasicNameValuePair>();
		nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("username", "username"));
		nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("password", "password"));

		p.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs, HTTP.ASCII));
		HttpResponse r = h.execute(p);
		List<HttpCookie> cookies = HttpCookie.parse(r.getFirstHeader(
				"Set-Cookie").toString());
		for (HttpCookie c : cookies) {
			System.out.println(c.getName() + "," + c.getValue());
		}
		// because we're only getting one header (the sess id), this is kind of a pointless for loop
		// should also grab the expiration date here

		h = new DefaultHttpClient();
		HttpGet get = new HttpGet("http://localhost:8080/memo/messages/");
		get.setHeader("Cookie", cookies.get(0).toString());
		r = h.execute(get);
		assertTrue(r.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 200);
		// this seems to pass even if not logged in. Appears HttpClient is following redirects.
		// maybe there's a way to turn off redirects
	}
}