Testing Remember me functionality with Behat/Mink

Question

I am trying to test a remember me functionality with Behat and Mink in a Symfony2 project. However, my approach is not working.

I tried the following:

#behat.yml

Scenario: Checking Remember me
  Given I am on "/"
  When  I fill in "username" with "john"
  And   I fill in "password" with "john"
  And   I check "remember_me"
  And   I press "Login"
  Then  I should be logged in
  When  I restart the browser
  Then  I should be logged in

Scenario: Not Checking Remember me
  Given I am on "/"
  When  I fill in "username" with "john"
  And   I fill in "password" with "john"
  And   I press "Login"
  Then  I should be logged in
  When  I restart the browser
  Then  I should be logged out

My feature context contains (among others) the following methods:

#FeatureContext.php

/**
 * @Then /^I should be logged in$/
 */
public function iShouldBeLoggedIn()
{
    $this->assertElementOnPage('.user-area');
}

/**
 * @Given /^I should be logged out$/
 */
public function iShouldBeLoggedOut()
{
    $this->assertElementNotOnPage('.user-area');
}

/**
 * @When /^I restart the browser$/
 */
public function iRestartTheBrowser()
{
    $driver = $this->getSession()->getDriver();
    $session = new Session($driver);
    $session->start();
    $session->visit('/');
}

The problem lies within iRestartTheBrowser(). This is not doing what it is supposed to do. I am looking for a way to clear session data but keep cookies. Any help?

Btw, of course the first thing I tried was to reset or restart the session. Didn't work because cookies get deleted as well. — sprain

Pete Mitchell Pete Mitchell · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-01T18:03:03

I think your spec may be better worded as

Scenario: Checking Remember me
    Given I have logged in before and selected remember me
    When I visit "some protected web page"
    Then I should be logged in

The Given can set state for remember me, and perhaps the context for this can help you isolate the need to reset the session?

The above is also easier to read for laypeople and developers alike

Testing Remember me functionality with Behat/Mink

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