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Validating Cookie Management Workflow in NW.js

This test suite validates cookie functionality in NW.js applications using Selenium WebDriver for browser automation. It focuses on verifying cookie persistence and retrieval within the application context, ensuring proper integration between NW.js and the browser’s cookie handling mechanisms.

Test Coverage Overview

The test coverage focuses on cookie management and retrieval in NW.js applications.

Key areas include:

Cookie presence verification
Content validation through element ID checking
Browser session handling
Integration with Chrome WebDriver

Implementation Analysis

The test implements a Selenium WebDriver approach using Python to automate browser interactions.

Notable patterns include:

Chrome Options configuration for NW.js app context
Implicit wait implementation for element synchronization
Try-finally block for proper driver cleanup
Custom utility function integration for element content verification

Technical Details

Testing tools and configuration:

Selenium WebDriver with Chrome driver
Python test framework
Custom nw_util helper functions
Environment-based ChromeDriver path configuration
Automated browser session management

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test demonstrates several testing best practices for web application automation.

Key practices include:

Proper resource cleanup with driver.quit()
Modular test utility integration
Explicit path handling for test resources
Defensive programming with try-finally blocks
Configurable browser options for test context

nwjs/nwJs

test/sanity/issue4199-cookie/test.py

            
import time
import os
import sys
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
from nw_util import *

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("nwapp=" + os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=os.environ['CHROMEDRIVER'], chrome_options=chrome_options)
driver.implicitly_wait(2)
try:
    print(driver.current_url)
    cookie = wait_for_element_id_content(driver, 'cookie', 'Hi there')
    print(cookie)
finally:
    driver.quit()