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get/setCookieString() no longer working in Firefox 78 ESR

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After moving to Firefox 78 ESR, get/setCookieString() is no longer working. For example:

       if (cookieService != null) {
           cookieService.setCookieString(cookieUri, null, "CertCheckDone=1;", null);
           myTrace("cookie is " + cookieService.getCookieString(cookieUri, null));
       }
   }

Firefox is running in kiosk mode and this code was executed with a hook in browser.js. Can someone please help me with this? Are there APIs I can use in place of these or are the Webextension APIs the only way to set a cookie now? I have tried playing around and can load a temporary extension but it's removed when restarting the browser and this also has to run in kiosk mode.

After moving to Firefox 78 ESR, get/setCookieString() is no longer working. For example: if (cookieService != null) { cookieService.setCookieString(cookieUri, null, "CertCheckDone=1;", null); myTrace("cookie is " + cookieService.getCookieString(cookieUri, null)); } } Firefox is running in kiosk mode and this code was executed with a hook in browser.js. Can someone please help me with this? Are there APIs I can use in place of these or are the Webextension APIs the only way to set a cookie now? I have tried playing around and can load a temporary extension but it's removed when restarting the browser and this also has to run in kiosk mode.

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setCookieString() has been removed in bug 1632187 in favor of setCookieStringFromDocument(this, cookie).

You can read and set a cookie with web-ext API, see -> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/cookies

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Thank you! Can you show me an example?

[Exception... "Could not convert JavaScript argument arg 0 [nsICookieService.getCookieStringFromDocument]" nsresult: "0x80570009 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/browser.js :: kioskIsCertCookieExists :: line 9532" data: no]

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I'm not very familiar with this.