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How to manage cookies in WebdriverIO?
We can manage cookies in WebdriverIO. A cookie helps to identify a user. It is an efficient technique to pass information from one site session to another or in between sessions of two connected websites.
We can add, delete and obtain a cookie with WebdriverIO using the methods −
browser.setCookies - this is used to set a single cookie or multiple cookies for the present page. To set a cookie for a page, we have to first launch and be on that page.
Syntax
browser.setCookies({cookie, cookie.name, cookie.value, cookie.path,
cookie.domain, cookie.secure, cookie.httpOnly, cookie.expiry} )Here, a cookie is the cookie object or object array and can contain the following values −
cookie.name - It is an optional parameter and refers to the cookie name.
cookie. value - It is an optional parameter and refers to the cookie value.
cookie.path - It is an optional parameter and refers to the cookie path. The default value is /(if it is not added while adding a cookie).
cookie.domain - It is an optional parameter and refers to the cookie domain. The default value is the present browsing context’s active document’s URL domain(if it is not added while adding a cookie).
cookie.secure - It is an optional parameter to check if the cookie is secured. The default value is false(if it is not added while adding a cookie).
cookie.httpOnly - It is an optional parameter to check if the cookie is of type HTTP. The default value is false(if it is not added while adding a cookie).
cookie.expiry.
browser.getCookies -this is used to get a cookie from the existing page. If the cookie name is provided as a parameter to this method, then that particular cookie shall be obtained. Else, all the cookies from the present page shall be obtained.
Syntax
//to get a specific cookie browser.getCookies(['Topic']) Or, //to get all cookies browser.getCookies()
browser.deleteCookies -this is used to delete a cookie from the existing page. If the cookie name is provided as a parameter to this method, then that particular cookie shall be deleted. Else, all the cookies from the present page shall be deleted.
Syntax
//to delete a specific cookie browser.deleteCookies(['Topic']) Or, //to delete all cookies browser.deleteCookies()
Example
Code Implementation
// test suite name
describe('Tutorialspoint application', function(){
//test case
it('Cookies', function(){
// launch url
browser.url('https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm')
//set cookies
browser.setCookies([
{name: 'topic1', value: 'WebdriverIO'},
{name: 'topic2', value: 'Selenium'}
])
//get a particular cookie
const t = browser.getCookies(['topic1'])
console.log(t);
//get all cookies
const a = browser.getCookies()
console.log(a);
//delete a cookie with name topic2
browser.deleteCookies(['topic2'])
d = browser.getCookies()
console.log(d)
//delete all cookies
browser.deleteCookies()
m = browser.getCookies()
console.log(m)
});
});
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