[Question]How to add cookie to cookie.json and which elements are required?

• env:
  • node: V8.9.4, BackstopJS v3.1.19, tomcat : 7.0.85
• test flow:

1. config tomcat-user , startup tomcat , listening port :8080, and service is working, tomcat-user can access tomcat example system;

2. execute “backstop init” to generate test project and config backstop.json : ` { “id”:“backstop_default”, “viewports”:[ { “label”:“tablet”, “width”:1024, “height”:768 } ], “onBeforeScript”:“chromy/onBefore.js”, “onReadyScript”:“chromy/onReady.js”, “scenarios”:[ { “label”:“Tomcat Homepage”, “cookiePath”:“backstop_data/engine_scripts/cookies.json”, “url”:“http://localhost:8080/manager/status”, “referenceUrl”:“”, “readyEvent”:“”, “readySelector”:“”, “delay”:10, “hideSelectors”:[

        ],
        "removeSelectors":[
   
        ],
        "hoverSelector":"",
        "clickSelector":"",
        "postInteractionWait":"",
        "selectors":[
   
        ],
        "selectorExpansion":true,
        "misMatchThreshold":0.1,
        "requireSameDimensions":true
    }
   

   ], “paths”:{ “bitmaps_reference”:“backstop_data/bitmaps_reference”, “bitmaps_test”:“backstop_data/bitmaps_test”, “engine_scripts”:“backstop_data/engine_scripts”, “html_report”:“backstop_data/html_report”, “ci_report”:“backstop_data/ci_report” }, “report”:[ “browser” ], “engine”:“chrome”, “engineFlags”:[

   ], “asyncCaptureLimit”:5, “asyncCompareLimit”:50, “debug”:true, “debugWindow”:true }

`

1. config cookie.json file : `

[ { “domain”:“.127.0.0.1:8080”, “path”:“/”, “name”:“tomcat”, “value”:“tomcat”, “expirationDate”:1551261424, “hostOnly”:false, “httpOnly”:false, “secure”:false, “session”:false } ]

` 4. executed “backstop reference”, and debugWindow notice to input tomcat-user and password.

1. change context of cookie.json to “SESSIONID” (copy from browser)

2. run “backstop reference” and notice authorization. but it works successfully in browser.

• my question:

1. how to set cookies in cookie.json file and what elements are required?
2. are the username and password fields which in cookie.json parts of page submit-form?
3. can backstopJS work with cookie-info generated by browser?

thanks~

[Kenith]

@heaven1025 your cookies is right. If you use chrome, try to find the backstop_data/chromy/loadCookies.js, replace the cookie.url = 'https://' + cookie.domain; => cookie.url = 'http://' + cookie.domain;

Here is the full sample:

var fs = require('fs');

module.exports = function (chromy, scenario) {
  var cookies = [];
  var cookiePath = scenario.cookiePath;

  // READ COOKIES FROM FILE IF EXISTS
  if (fs.existsSync(cookiePath)) {
    cookies = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(cookiePath));
  }

  // MUNGE COOKIE DOMAIN FOR CHROMY USAGE
  cookies = cookies.map(cookie => {
    cookie.url = 'http://' + cookie.domain;
    delete cookie.domain;
    return cookie;
  });

  // SET COOKIES VIA CHROMY
  chromy.setCookie(cookies);
  console.log('Cookie state restored with:', JSON.stringify(cookies, null, 2));
};

[heaven1025]

@Kenith thanks for help at first!! And it works successfully after changing “https” to “http” protocol. Thanks very much~

But I want to know reasons, is user authentication specified by the Chrome browser?