Jersey Set Cookie

Set Cookie Syntax

To set a cookie in REST API response, get the Response reference and use it’s cookie() method.

Response.ok().entity(list).cookie(new NewCookie("cookieResponse", "cookieValueInReturn")).build();

Rest API Example Code

public class EmployeesService {
	@GET
	@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
	@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
	public Response getAllEployees() {
		Employees list = new Employees();
		list.setEmployeeList(new ArrayList<Employee>());
		list.getEmployeeList().add(new Employee(1, "Lokesh Gupta"));
		list.getEmployeeList().add(new Employee(2, "Alex Kolenchiskey"));
		list.getEmployeeList().add(new Employee(3, "David Kameron"));
		return Response.ok().entity(list).cookie(new NewCookie("cookieResponse", "cookieValueInReturn")).build();
	}
}

Demo

• JerseyCookieTest

References

• Jersey – How to set Cookie in REST API Response

• Jersey Client – Set Cookie Example