Ruby-on-rails – Cookies within a cucumber test using capybara

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As part of my integration tests for a website I am using cucumber with capybara. It seems that capybara cannot emulate the use of cookies.

For example I set the cookie when the user signs in:

    def sign_in(user)
      cookies.permanent.signed[:remember_token] = [user.id, user.salt]
      current_user = user
    end

However when I later fetch the value of cookies using cookies.inspect it returns {}
Is this a known limiting of capybara? How can I test a signed in user over multiple requests if this is the case?

I should add my test:

Scenario: User is signed in when they press Sign In
 Given I have an existing account with email "bob@jones.com" and password "123456"
 And I am on the signin page
 When I fill in "Email" with "bob@jones.com"
 And I fill in "Password" with "123456"
 And I press "Sign In"
 Then I should see "Welcome Bob Jones"

Best Answer

Here's a step that works for me. It sets a cookie "admin_cta_choice" to be equal to a model id derived from the input value.

Given /I have selected CTA "([^"]+)"/ do |cta_name|
  cta = Cta.find_by_name(cta_name)
  raise "no cta with name '#{cta_name}'" if cta.nil?

  k = "admin_cta_choice"
  v = cta.id

  case Capybara.current_session.driver
  when Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver
    page.driver.set_cookie(k,v)
  when Capybara::RackTest::Driver
    headers = {}
    Rack::Utils.set_cookie_header!(headers,k,v)
    cookie_string = headers['Set-Cookie']
    Capybara.current_session.driver.browser.set_cookie(cookie_string)
  when Capybara::Selenium::Driver
    page.driver.browser.manage.add_cookie(:name=>k, :value=>v)
  else
    raise "no cookie-setter implemented for driver #{Capybara.current_session.driver.class.name}"
  end
end
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