Cookie support

[robhudson]

Taking a full size screenshot of a web app that requires login could be supported via a cookies file. The user would log in via their browser, then tell webkit2png to use the cookies file as a source, or perhaps specify which browser's cookies to use as a source for ease of use to the end user.

Safari stores its cookies in a plist database in:
~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist

Google Chrome stores its cookies in a sqlite database in:
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Cookies

Firefox stores its cookies in a sqlite database in a non-guessable path:
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/????????.default/cookies.sqlite

[rjs]

This would be fantastic. I've wanted a way to automate screenshots as I work on apps, and the apps always require authentication. I haven't found a solution that works yet.

[viktorkelemen]

this would be great.

[jesperronn]

Hi guys,

did you ever manage to hack on this script so that it can work with login?

[zahnster]

If it helps anyone, I've found a decent workaround for this is to save the page down as a Webarchive, and then take the screenshot from the Webarchive file.

By no means a fix, but for anyone in a pinch, this might be handy.

[pbov]

I would need a parameter to skip HTTP-Logins (I need screens from some hundreds of websites). A little hack for this would be to set the timeout to a lower value.

[mortensassi]

this would be still awesome!

[xingfanxia]

yeah this would be great

[jdcourcol]

A limited workaround for certain websites, for instance:

webkit2png --debug https://github.com/login --delay=100

The webpage will show up, then you enter your credentials (with mouse paste).
For the following executions, you will be already logged in and can use webkit2png as usual.

[paulhammond]

I think what you're all asking for here is support for specifying cookies - I can't think of any other sensible way we can support all the different login mechanisms used on the web.

#47 is a possible implementation.