Testing Cookies

package main
import (
    "fmt"
    "testing"
    "github.com/kataras/iris/v12/httptest"
)
func TestCookiesBasic(t *testing.T) {
    app := newApp()
    e := httptest.New(t, app, httptest.URL("http://example.com"))
    cookieName, cookieValue := "my_cookie_name", "my_cookie_value"
    // Test Set A Cookie.
    t1 := e.GET(fmt.Sprintf("/cookies/%s/%s", cookieName, cookieValue)).
        Expect().Status(httptest.StatusOK)
    // Validate cookie's existence, it should be available now.
    t1.Cookie(cookieName).Value().Equal(cookieValue)
    t1.Body().Contains(cookieValue)
    path := fmt.Sprintf("/cookies/%s", cookieName)
    // Test Retrieve A Cookie.
    t2 := e.GET(path).Expect().Status(httptest.StatusOK)
    t2.Body().Equal(cookieValue)
    // Test Remove A Cookie.
    t3 := e.DELETE(path).Expect().Status(httptest.StatusOK)
    t3.Body().Contains(cookieName)
    t4 := e.GET(path).Expect().Status(httptest.StatusOK)
    t4.Cookies().Empty()
    t4.Body().Empty()
}

$ go test -v -run=TestCookiesBasic$

Iris web framework itself uses this package to test itself. In the _examples repository directory you will find some useful tests as well. For more information please take a look and read the httpexpect’s documentation.