Cookie Jars
Nouto provides a cookie management system with named jars, automatic domain-based injection, and Set-Cookie header parsing. Use it to test authenticated sessions, multi-tenant applications, or any API that relies on cookies.
Cookie Jars
Section titled “Cookie Jars”A cookie jar is a named container that holds cookies. You can create multiple jars to keep cookies separated between environments, users, or test scenarios.
Creating a Jar
Section titled “Creating a Jar”Open the cookie management panel and click Add Jar. Give it a name (e.g., “Admin Session”, “Guest User”, “Staging”).
Selecting a Jar
Section titled “Selecting a Jar”The active jar selector appears in the URL bar area. Choose which jar is active for the current request. Cookies from the active jar are injected into requests and new cookies from responses are stored in it.
Cookie Attributes
Section titled “Cookie Attributes”Each cookie has the standard HTTP cookie attributes:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Cookie name |
| Value | Cookie value |
| Domain | Domain the cookie applies to |
| Path | URL path the cookie applies to |
| Expires | Expiration date/time |
| HttpOnly | Whether the cookie is inaccessible to JavaScript |
| Secure | Whether the cookie is sent only over HTTPS |
| SameSite | Cross-site request policy (Strict, Lax, None) |
Auto-Injection
Section titled “Auto-Injection”When you send a request, Nouto checks the active cookie jar for cookies that match the request URL by domain and path. Matching cookies are added to the Cookie header automatically.
This works for HTTP, WebSocket, and SSE requests.
Set-Cookie Parsing
Section titled “Set-Cookie Parsing”When a response includes Set-Cookie headers, Nouto parses them and stores the cookies in the active jar. Subsequent requests to the same domain will include the new cookies. This lets you test login flows where the server sets a session cookie.
Response Cookies Tab
Section titled “Response Cookies Tab”The Cookies tab in the response panel shows two sections:
- Sent: cookies that were included in the request (from the active jar)
- Received: cookies parsed from
Set-Cookieresponse headers
This makes it easy to see exactly which cookies were exchanged during a request.
Manual Cookie Management
Section titled “Manual Cookie Management”You can add, edit, and delete cookies directly in the jar panel. This is useful for testing specific cookie values without going through a login flow.
Cookie Variables
Section titled “Cookie Variables”Reference a cookie value in any request field using the {{$cookie.name}} syntax:
X-CSRF-Token: {{$cookie.csrfToken}}The cookie is looked up in the active jar, matched by domain and path against the request URL.
Script API
Section titled “Script API”Scripts can read and write cookies programmatically. See Cookie Script API for the full reference.
Backup
Section titled “Backup”Cookie jars are included in Nouto’s backup and restore feature. The .nouto-backup file covers cookies alongside collections, environments, and other data.