Selenium WebDriver manager().getCookies() returns 0 always

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Selenium WebDriver manager().getCookies() in InternetExplorerDriver always returns 0 elements! P.S. version 2.32.0.0

Are you sure visbile cookies exist? What is displayed if you run "document.cookie" in the JavaScript console? — Ardesco, Apr 12 '13 at 11:46
I dig deeply and find out that its problem in IE10, it doesn't show cookies at all ( I try in console by command 'document.cookie'). — Serhii Bohutskyi, Apr 12 '13 at 11:57

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '14 at 12:45

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If the cookies are HTTPOnly you can't read them from Javascript/Selenium

answered Feb 16 '14 at 12:45

Eitan Peer

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You can see this in the Chrome Cookies spec: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/cookies – ShaBANG Oct 03 '16 at 22:05
At the moment you can read httponly with selenium. But, of cause, you cannot do that with Javascript. – Oleksandr Kulychok Nov 15 '22 at 17:42

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 16 '21 at 13:48

I didn't understand why driver.manage().getCookies(); always returns with size 0 in FF and IE.

but I found this workaround, using executeScript

Set<Cookie> cookies = driver.manage().getCookies();

if (cookies.size() == 0) { // To support FF and IE
    String cookiesString = (String) driver.executeScript("return document.cookie");
    cookies = parseBrowserCookies(cookiesString);
}




private Set<Cookie> parseBrowserCookies(String cookiesString) {
    Set<Cookie> cookies = new HashSet<>();

    if (StringUtils.isBlank(cookiesString)) {
        return cookies;
    }

    Arrays.asList(cookiesString.split("; ")).forEach(cookie -> {
        String[] splitCookie = cookie.split("=", 2);
        cookies.add(new Cookie(splitCookie[0], splitCookie[1], "/"));
    });

    return cookies;
}

//Replace driver.executeScript with js.executeScript like: JavascriptExecutor js; js = (JavascriptExecutor)driver; String cookiesString = (String) js.executeScript("return document.cookie"); — Viorel Mirea, Feb 18 '22 at 15:02

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 10 '15 at 12:24

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Are you sure your webdriver is on the domain you are expecting the cookie to be set on? getCookies only returns the cookies for the current domain.

answered Sep 10 '15 at 12:24

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score 3 · Answer 4 · edited May 08 '17 at 10:39

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Set<Cookie> allcookies = driver.manage().getCookies();
System.out.println(allcookies);

edited May 08 '17 at 10:39

Tom

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answered May 08 '17 at 10:18

sidharth shukla

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While the code you've provided may answer the question - adding some content to explain why will ensure this is actually a helpful answer. Please review [ask] if you're unsure of how to write an answer. – Tom May 08 '17 at 10:39
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The question is not how to get cookies with Selenium, is why `driver.manage().getCookies()` not working in IE. So this is not answering the question. – Elhay Avichzer Mar 11 '19 at 14:32

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 07 '20 at 14:03

The issue appears to be with the 64-bits driver. I have tried with the 32-bits driver and it works. If using WebDriverManager just do:

WebDriverManager.iedriver().arch32().setup();

Another thing that could be related(not very sure) is a setup for Internet Explorer 11 at registry level, see Selenium IE driver information:

For IE 11 only, you will need to set a registry entry on the target computer so that the driver can maintain a connection to the instance of Internet Explorer it creates. For 32-bit Windows installations, the key you must examine in the registry editor is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BFCACHE. For 64-bit Windows installations, the key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BFCACHE. Please note that the FEATURE_BFCACHE subkey may or may not be present, and should be created if it is not present. Important: Inside this key, create a DWORD value named iexplore.exe with the value of 0.

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Maybe you need to set cookie first, AFAIK webdriver always start with fresh session. Instead you can try to setup user profile like this: How to make FirefoxDriver use existing profile?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Apr 12 '13 at 13:31

buddy

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I'm using IE, and my session cookie are sent with next requests, but I can't get them from webdriver. I think its problem with IE http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15970490/ie10-console-cant-see-cookies-by-command-document-cookie – Serhii Bohutskyi Apr 15 '13 at 08:27

score -3 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 16:11

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This is what you could do to get all cookies

allCookies = driver.manage().getCookies();

answered Apr 11 '13 at 16:11

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I know that. The problem is in IE or in driver, I can't get cookies at all! Cookies exists, but driver returns 0... – Serhii Bohutskyi Apr 12 '13 at 08:27

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