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# httpShouldHandleCookies

A Boolean value that indicates whether the request should use the default cookie handling for the request.

```
var httpShouldHandleCookies: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if the request should use the default cookie handling for the request, <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> otherwise. The default is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>.

If your app sets the `Cookie` header on an [`NSMutableURLRequest`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMutableURLRequest) object, then this method has no effect, and the cookie data you set in the header overrides all cookies from the cookie store.

### Special considerations

In OS X v10.2 with Safari 1.0 the value set by this method is not respected by the framework.

## See Also

[`HTTPShouldHandleCookies`](/documentation/Foundation/NSURLRequest/httpShouldHandleCookies)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the default cookie handling will be used for this request.


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