Postman - Cookies

The cookies are information sent by the server and stored in the browser. As soon as a request is sent, the cookies are returned by the server. In Postman, the cookies are mentioned under the Headers and Cookies tab in the Response.

Let us apply a GET request on an endpoint and find the cookies.

In the Headers tab, the cookie sent by the server is set with the key − set−cookie.

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In the Cookies tab, the same cookie details will also get displayed.

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Cookies Management

In Postman, we can manage cookies by addition, deletion, and modification of cookies. Under the Params tab, we have the Cookies link to perform operations on cookies.

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Click on the Cookies link. MANAGE COOKIES pop-up shall open where all the available cookies are present with the option to add and delete a cookie.

Delete Cookies

Cookies Addition

Follow the steps given below for adding cookie in Postman −

Step 1 − Click on the Add Cookie button. A text box shall open up with pre-existing values inside it. We can modify its values and then click on Save.

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Step 2 − Send the request again to the server.

The Response code obtained is 200 OK. Also, the Cookies tab in the Response now shows the newly added cookie − Cookie_Postman.

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Access Cookies via Program

Cookies can be handled programmatically without using the GUI in Postman. To work with cookies, we have to first generate a Cookie jar. It is an object which has all the cookies and methods to access them.

Cookie Jar Creation

The syntax for Cookie Jar Creation is as follows −

const c = pm.cookies.jar();

Cookie Creation

We can create a cookie with the .set() function. It accepts URL, name of cookie, value of cookie as parameters.

The syntax for cookie creation is as follows −

const c = pm.cookies.jar();
c.set(URL, name of cookie, value of cookie, callback(error, cookie));

Get Cookie

We can get a cookie with the .get() function. It accepts the URL, name of cookie as parameters. It yields the cookie value.

The syntax for getting a cookie is as follows −

const c = pm.cookies.jar();
c.set(URL, name of cookie, value of cookie, callback(error, cookie));
c.get(URL, name of cookie, callback(error, cookie));

Get All Cookies

We can get all cookies of a specific URL within a Cookie jar with the .getAll() function. It accepts a URL as a parameter. It yields all the cookie values for that URL.

The syntax for getting all cookies is as follows −

const c = pm.cookies.jar();
c.set(URL, name of first cookie, value of first cookie, callback(error, cookie));
c.set(URL, name of second cookie, value of second cookie, callback(error, cookie));
c.getAll(URL, callback(error, cookie));

Delete Cookie

We can delete a cookie with the .unset() function. It accepts the URL, name of cookie to be deleted as parameters.

The syntax for deleting cookie is as follows −

const c = pm.cookies.jar();
c.set(URL, name of cookie, value of cookie, callback(error, cookie));
c.unset(URL, name of cookie, callback(error, cookie));

Delete All Cookies

We can delete all cookies of a specific URL with the .clear() function. It accepts a URL as a parameter. It removes all the cookie values for that URL.

The syntax for deleting all cookies is as follows −

const c = pm.cookies.jar();
c.set(URL, name of first cookie, value of first cookie, callback(error, cookie));
c.set(URL, name of second cookie, value of second cookie, callback(error, cookie));
c.clear(URL, callback(error, cookie));
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