Live auth guide

Copy the two live auth cookies needed for the final launch walkthrough.

Use this page when you need the exact switch_auth_session cookie for one student account and one admin account from the deployed platform.

Important

Use your deployed site for this process, not localhost. Copy only the cookie name and value. Do not copy Path, Expires, HttpOnly, or other cookie metadata.

Step by step

Student cookie first, admin cookie second

  1. Open your deployed site in a normal browser window and sign in as the student user.
  2. Open browser developer tools.
    Mac: Cmd + Option + I · Windows: Ctrl + Shift + I
  3. Open the cookie storage panel for your browser.

    Chrome or Edge

    Application -> Storage -> Cookies -> your deployed site domain

    Firefox

    Storage -> Cookies -> your deployed site domain

    Safari

    Develop -> Show Web Inspector -> Storage -> Cookies

  4. Find the cookie named switch_auth_session.
  5. Copy it in this exact format:
    switch_auth_session=PASTE_THE_COOKIE_VALUE_HERE
  6. Save that value as SWITCH_LIVE_STUDENT_COOKIE.
  7. Sign out, or open a separate browser profile or private window, then sign in as the admin user.
  8. Repeat the same cookie steps and save that value as SWITCH_LIVE_ADMIN_COOKIE.

Env file target

Paste both cookie values into `.env.local`

SWITCH_LIVE_BASE_URL=https://your-live-domain.com
SWITCH_LIVE_STUDENT_COOKIE=switch_auth_session=student-cookie-value
SWITCH_LIVE_ADMIN_COOKIE=switch_auth_session=admin-cookie-value

Once those values are in `.env.local`, the live verification scripts can reuse them for the final auth walkthrough.