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I am trying to send cookies to phantomjs while starting the driver phanton.add_cookie({}) works.

I want to keep a list of cookies in a file and pass them as arguments while launching phantomjs

I found that webdriver.PhantomJS(service_args=['--cookies-file=/tmp/ph_cook.txt']) would add a given txt file at launch.

The problem is I do not know what format this txt file should be of. I tried using a map with key value pair, but no gain.

Artjom B.
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  • Possible duplicate of [How can I use persisted cookies from a file using phantomjs](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18739354/how-can-i-use-persisted-cookies-from-a-file-using-phantomjs) – Jacques Jul 24 '19 at 09:20

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The cookie file format is a Qt internal serialization format of cookies. If you need such a cookie file, follow those instructions:

  1. Create a PhantomJS script which sets the cookies that you need either using phantom.addCookie() or page.addCookie().

  2. Run the previously written script as

    $ phantomjs --cookies-file=cookies.txt script.js

  3. Use the generated cookies file in python.

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