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title: "How do you handle cookies in Servlets?"  
description: "How do you handle cookies in Servlets?"  
author: "Utpal Vishwas"  
published: 2023-11-15  
updated: 2023-11-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160505/how-do-you-handle-cookies-in-servlets  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java", "cookies", "servlet", "java servlet"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How do you handle cookies in Servlets?

How do you [handle](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311004/suede-skillet-handle-cover) [cookies](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12044/cookies-in-c-sharp) in Servlets?

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

Handling cookies in servlets is like sharing a small note between the server and the client to remember certain information. Let's break down the steps in simple terms:

## Baking the Cookie:

- When a user visits a website (server), the server can "bake" a cookie, which is a small piece of information.
- Imagine the cookie as a note with some details written on it.

## Handing Over the Cookie:

- The server hands over the cookie to the user's browser as part of the response.
- Think of it as giving the user a note to hold onto.

## Returning to the Server with the Cookie:

- When the user comes back later, the browser returns the note (cookie) to the server with the request.
- It's like the user bringing back the note when they revisit the restaurant.

## Reading the Note (Cookie) on Return:

- The server reads the information from the returned cookie.
- It's similar to the server checking the note to remember the user's name.

So, handling cookies in servlets involves creating a cookie, giving it to the user's browser, receiving it back with subsequent requests, and then reading the information stored in the cookie. It's a way for the server and the client to remember certain details about each other.


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