Handling Cookies in Webdriver

Selenium webdriver can perform required task with respect to browser cookies. We add , delete, delete particular cookie by passing the name, and so on. Let us look all of the in details.

First let us see how add cookie works:

Add Cookie
Method Name: addCookie(Cookie cookie)
Syntax:driver.manage().addCookie(arg0);
Purpose: To add a specific cookie into cookies. If the cookie's domain name is left blank, it is assumed that the cookie is meant for the domain of the current document.
Parameters: cookie - The name of the cookie to add.

Delete Cookie
Method Name: deleteCookie(Cookie cookie)
Syntax: driver.manage().deleteCookie(arg0);
Purpose: Delete a cookie from the browser's "cookie jar". The domain of the cookie will be ignored.
Parameter: Cookie

Delete Cookie with Name
Method Name: deleteCookieNamed(java.lang.String name)
Syntax: driver.manage().deleteCookieNamed(arg0);
Purpose: Delete the named cookie from the current domain. This is equivalent to setting the named cookie's expiry date to sometime in the past.
Parameters: name - The name of the cookie to delete

Delete All Cookies
Method Name: deleteAllCookies()
Syntax: driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();
Purpose: It will delete all the cookies for the current domain.
Parameters: N/A

Get Cookies
Method Name: getCookies()
Syntax: driver.manage().getCookies();
Purpose: Get all the cookies for the current domain. This is the equivalent of calling "document.cookie" and parsing the result.
Returns: A Set of cookies for the current domain.

Get the Cookie with Specific Name
Method Name: getCookieNamed(java.lang.String name)
Syntax: driver.manage().getCookieNamed(arg0);
Purpose: To Get a cookie with a given name.
Parameters: name - the name of the cookie
Returns: It will return the cookie value for the name specified, or null if no cookie found with the given name