How to work with cookies

[skreutzberger]

Hi, we are using cookies for authorization. So the normal flow is that a login request gets a cookie as response and all API requests should then automatically use the cookie by sending them in the header on each request. That is a key feature of Insomnia.

I tried the same flow with Bruno but it seems that cookies are not stored between requests. Is there a workaround? Like for example storing a response header value in a variable and then use the variable's value at another request's header automatically?

[helloanoop]

Hi @skreutzberger

Is there a workaround? Like for example storing a response header value in a variable and then use the variable's value at another request's header automatically?

You can refer this script #385 (comment)

This can be a tad bit frustrating to have this pre-request script in your every request.
I am currently working on getting a collection level script support that can do this for all requests #334

[albertbethlowsky]

Any updates on this? 🙌

[FallenHero66]

Any updates on this? 🙌

since I was also just digging around in this area: commit e1a96e0 added support for cookies (the Set-Cookie header is honored and cookies are saved and sent along with POST requests automatically). If you don't have support for cookies yet, you might be running in the same issue i was: the apt package of bruno is behind ~6 months on releases (v1.12.3 instead of 1.28.0), updating to the most recent version brought cookie support.
Downside: deleting cookies is not added yet, but you can deactivate them in the preferences altogether.

[danielo515]

I'm on 1.39.0, macos and it seems cookies are not automatically sent for get requests. Is there a way I can validate this?

[mgrandi]

cookies are also not being added by requests, well rather they stored per request but what is the use of having the cookies saved if i can't use them in a subsequent request?