function [cookie, csrftoken] = getSessionInfo(csrf_url)
% Setup the session for accessing the HED webservices
%
% Parameters:
%   csrf_url  - URL for the services.
%
% Returns:
%   cookie    - A string cookie value.
%   csrftoken - A string csrf token for the session.

    request = matlab.net.http.RequestMessage;
    uri = matlab.net.URI(csrf_url);
    response1 = send(request,uri);
    cookies = response1.getFields('Set-Cookie');
    cookie = cookies.Value;
    data = response1.Body.char;
    csrfIdx = strfind(data,'csrf_token');
    tmp = data(csrfIdx(1)+length('csrf_token')+1:end);
    csrftoken = regexp(tmp,'".*?"','match');
    csrftoken = string(csrftoken{1}(2:end-1));