setCookies

Sets one or more cookies for the current page. Make sure you are on the page that should receive the cookie. You can't set a cookie for an arbitrary page without being on that page.

Usage

browser.setCookies({ name, value, path, domain, secure, httpOnly, expiry, sameSite })

Parameters

Name	Type	Details
cookie	Array<WebDriverCookie>, WebDriverCookie	cookie object or object array.
cookie.name optional	String	The name of the cookie.
cookie.value optional	String	The cookie value.
cookie.path optional	String	The cookie path. Defaults to "/" if omitted when adding a cookie.
cookie.domain optional	String	The domain the cookie is visible to. Defaults to the current browsing context’s active document’s URL domain if omitted when adding a cookie.
cookie.secure optional	Boolean	Whether the cookie is a secure cookie. Defaults to false if omitted when adding a cookie.
cookie.httpOnly optional	Boolean	Whether the cookie is an HTTP only cookie. Defaults to false if omitted when adding a cookie.
cookie.expiry optional	Number	When the cookie expires, specified in seconds since Unix Epoch. Must not be set if omitted when adding a cookie.
cookie.sameSite optional	String	Whether the cookie applies to a SameSite policy. Defaults to None if omitted when adding a cookie. Can be set to either "Lax" or "Strict".

Example

setCookies.js

it('should set a cookie for the page', async () => {
    await browser.url('/')

    // set a single cookie
    await browser.setCookies({
        name: 'test1',
        value: 'one'
        // The below options are optional
        // path: '/foo', // The cookie path. Defaults to "/"
        // domain: '.example.com', // The domain the cookie is visible to. Defaults to the current browsing context’s active document’s URL domain
        // secure: true, // Whether the cookie is a secure cookie. Defaults to false
        // httpOnly: true, // Whether the cookie is an HTTP only cookie. Defaults to false
        // expiry: 1551393875 // When the cookie expires, specified in seconds since Unix Epoch
    })

    // set multiple cookies
    await browser.setCookies([
        {name: 'test2', value: 'two'},
        {name: 'test3', value: 'three'}
    ])

    const cookies = await browser.getCookies()
    console.log(cookies);
    // outputs:
    // [
    //      {name: 'test1', value: 'one', domain: 'www.example.com'},
    //      {name: 'test2', value: 'two', domain: 'www.example.com'},
    //      {name: 'test3', value: 'three', domain: 'www.example.com'}
    // ]
});