# Set the cookie in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-the-cookie-in-elasticsearch/177800>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 22, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-the-cookie-in-elasticsearch/177800 "2019-04-22T06:10:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-the-cookie-in-elasticsearch/177800/1 "2019-04-22T06:10:08Z")

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Hi,  
I modified restController.java to provide token based Oauth authentication,How do i set the cookie here .  
Is it Xpack specific?

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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-the-cookie-in-elasticsearch/177800/2 "2019-04-23T06:03:06Z")

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Does elasticsearch use cookies by default?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-the-cookie-in-elasticsearch/177800/3 "2019-04-23T06:10:09Z")

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No, I do not think so. What do you want to use it for?

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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-the-cookie-in-elasticsearch/177800/4 "2019-04-23T06:12:16Z")

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Basically i added token based authentication to restcontroller, so i want to maintain user session.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-the-cookie-in-elasticsearch/177800/5 "2019-05-21T06:12:18Z")

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