session-cookies

How to add a cookie to the cookiejar in python requests library

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Quick Answer Option 1 import requests s = requests.session() s.cookies.set(“COOKIE_NAME”, “the cookie works”, domain=”example.com”) Option 2 import requests s = requests.session() # Note that domain keyword parameter is the only optional parameter here cookie_obj = requests.cookies.create_cookie(domain=”example.com”,name=”COOKIE_NAME”,value=”the cookie works”) s.cookies.set_cookie(cookie_obj) Detailed Answer I do not know if this technique was valid when the original question was … Read more

localStorage vs sessionStorage vs cookies

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localStorage and sessionStorage are both so-called WebStorages and features of HTML5. localStorage stores information as long as the user does not delete them. sessionStorage stores information as long as the session goes. Usually until the user closes the tab/browser. cookies are simply cookies, which are supported by older browsers and usually are a fallback for … Read more

How to do stateless (session-less) & cookie-less authentication?

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Ah, I love these questions – maintaining a session without a session. I’ve seen multiple ways to do this during my stints during application assessments. One of the popular ways is the playing tennis way that you mentioned – sending the username and password in every request to authenticate the user. This, in my opinion, … Read more

How to set expiration date for cookie in AngularJS

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This is possible in the 1.4.0 build of angular using the ngCookies module: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngCookies/service/$cookies angular.module(‘cookiesExample’, [‘ngCookies’]) .controller(‘ExampleController’, [‘$cookies’, function($cookies) { // Find tomorrow’s date. var expireDate = new Date(); expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate() + 1); // Setting a cookie $cookies.put(‘myFavorite’, ‘oatmeal’, {‘expires’: expireDate}); }]);

org.openqa.selenium.InvalidCookieDomainException: Document is cookie-averse using Selenium and WebDriver

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Thank you DebanjanB! I’ve tried to push cookies just after driver start and before open URL tab. Working solution: driver.get(‘http://mydomain’) driver.manage.addCookie(….) driver.get(‘http://mydomain’) Just open a tab, add cookie and reopen a tab again

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