getCookie

Get a browser cookie by its name.

Syntax

cy.getCookie(name)
cy.getCookie(name, options)

Usage

Correct Usage

cy.getCookie('auth_key') // Get cookie with name 'auth_key'

Arguments

name (String)

The name of the cookie to get. Required.

options (Object)

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of cy.getCookie().

OptionDefaultDescription
domainSuperdomain of the current URLRetrieves the cookie from the specified domain
logtrueDisplays the command in the Command log
timeoutresponseTimeoutTime to wait for cy.getCookie() to resolve before timing out

Yields

cy.getCookie() yields a cookie object with the following properties:

  • domain
  • expiry (if specified)
  • httpOnly
  • name
  • path
  • sameSite (if specified)
  • secure
  • value

cy.getCookie() yields null.

Examples

Session id

In this example, on first login, our server sends us back a session cookie.

// assume we just logged in
cy.contains('Login').click()
cy.url().should('include', 'profile')
// retries until cookie with value=189jd09su
// is found or default command timeout ends
cy.getCookie('session_id')
  .should('have.property', 'value', '189jd09su')
  .then((cookie) => {
    // cookie is an object with "domain", "name" and other properties
  })

You can check the cookie existence without comparing any of its properties

cy.getCookie('my-session-cookie').should('exist')

If you need the cookie value, for example to use in a subsequent call

let cookie

cy.getCookie('session_id')
  .should('exist')
  .then((c) => {
    // save cookie until we need it
    cookie = c
  })

// some time later, force the "cy.request"
// to run ONLY after the cookie has been set
// by placing it inside ".then"
cy.get('#submit')
  .click()
  .then(() => {
    cy.request({
      url: '/api/admin',
      headers: {
        'my-token-x': cookie.value,
      },
    })
  })

Using cy.getCookie() to test logging in

Rules

Requirements

  • cy.getCookie() requires being chained off of cy.

Assertions

  • cy.getCookie() will only run assertions you have chained once, and will not retry.

Timeouts

  • cy.getCookie() should never time out.

Command Log

cy.getCookie('fakeCookie1').should('have.property', 'value', '123ABC')

The commands above will display in the Command Log as:

Command Log getcookie

When clicking on getCookie within the command log, the console outputs the following:

Console Log getcookie

History

VersionChanges
5.0.0Removed experimentalGetCookiesSameSite and made sameSite property always available.
4.3.0Added sameSite property when the experimentalGetCookiesSameSite configuration value is true.

See also