how to delete cookies in firefox 3.5+ using an extension?

Question

hi everyone. i've got a problem: i need my extension for firefox 3.5+ to delete cookies. all cookies of my firefox. example: i've serfed net, got some cookies installed on my pc by the sites i've visited. and i want my extension for ff to delete all these cookies. could u please show me the direction where i can find an answer for my question? (or and it'll be the best, give a link to a code sample) and one more: can i do this in javascript or i must use c/c++ and napi?

p.s.\i do not need an extension like close'forget, i want my own extension been able to do this work. thanx for u'r future answers and sorry for my bad english...got no speach practice for a long time=(

Answer 1

From https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Code%5Fsnippets/Cookies , you just need to do the following in privileged javascript (i.e., inside a Firefox extension):

Components.classes["@mozilla.org/cookiemanager;1"]
      .getService(Components.interfaces.nsICookieManager).removeAll();

If you want to do this without writing an extension, just go to options (Tools->Options on Windows, Edit->Preferences on Linux, Firefox->Preferences on Mac) and see the "Privacy" tab.

Answer 2

thanx man. i've asked this question and started to study some plugins that performe the same function. but the link u've provided hes been extremly usefull! been on their site i couldn't find this page..once again thanx man!

while i've been writing this post i've got one more question: will this code work in all browsers those use Gecko? mean is it an cross-broweser solution?