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larryq
larryq

Reputation: 16299

Managing cookies in C# / Selenium

I'm having trouble removing/adding cookies in Selenium. I'm using Windows 7 and FireFox 25.0.1. My code looks like this:

Instance = new FirefoxDriver();
Instance.Manage().Window.Maximize();

var _cookies = Instance.Manage().Cookies.AllCookies;
Instance.Manage().Cookies.DeleteAllCookies();

foreach(Cookie cookie in _cookies)
{
    Instance.Manage().Cookies.AddCookie(cookie);
}

var _newCookies = Instance.Manage().Cookies.AllCookies; //boom

On that last line I get the exception "Unexpected problem getting cookies." I've tried several variants of the above code and the same problem occurs the second time I call AllCookies-- even after closing and reopening the browser and calling GoToUrl(mysite) and re-adding the cookies (The browser was on mysite when I saved the cookies).

I've checked the cookies collection before accessing it, and they all have name/value pairs.

Has anyone managed to use the cookie API successfully in Selenium for C# or can say what I'm doing wrong?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 30172

Answers (1)

Robbie Wareham
Robbie Wareham

Reputation: 3438

You can only add cookies if your browser is displaying a page of the domain you want to drop the cookie on.

you don't appear to have navigated to a URL before dropping cookies.

Upvotes: 3

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