Skipping the Login Screen With Cookies

If 200 tests start with logging in through the UI, the login form runs 200 times. Test login properly in a few dedicated tests; for the rest, get a session through the API and add the cookie to the browser.

public void loginViaApi(WebDriver driver, String email, String password) {
    String sessionId = given().baseUri(ConfigReader.get("baseUrl"))
            .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
            .body(Map.of("email", email, "password", password))
            .post("/api/auth/session")
            .then().statusCode(200)
            .extract().cookie("SESSION");

    driver.get(ConfigReader.get("baseUrl") + "/robots.txt");   // must be on the domain before adding a cookie
    driver.manage().addCookie(new Cookie.Builder("SESSION", sessionId)
            .domain("qa.shopease.example.com").path("/").isHttpOnly(true).isSecure(true).build());
    driver.get(ConfigReader.get("baseUrl") + "/account");       // already logged in
}

// Single-page apps often keep a JWT in localStorage instead of a cookie
driver.get(baseUrl);
((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(
        "window.localStorage.setItem('authToken', arguments[0]);", token);
driver.navigate().refresh();