1785870 - Add a test pref for importing cookie banner handling rules

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Privacy: Anti-Tracking, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

Currently in order test cookie banner rules there are two main options:

1. Update the code of CookieBannerListService.jsm and manually inject the rules into the JSON array.
2. After Bug 1785083, add the rules via the RemoteSettings dev-server webinterface and switch Firefox to consume the dev server via the remote settings devtools.

(1) requires significant effort and a local build of Firefox
(2) requires access to the remote settings dev-server, also there might be conflicts if multiple developers work with the same server instance.

I propose to add a new pref which contains a stringified version of a JSON array that includes additional test rules that the CookieBannerListService can import. The rules should be validated to be valid JSON, e.g. via handling exceptions for JSON.parse and additionally could be validated with JSON schema we're adding in Bug 1785083.

Having a pref would allow for easy testing, e.g. allowing contributors to build and test their rules before creating a pull request.

Comment 1

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

Attachment: Bug 1785870 - Add a test pref for importing cookie banner handling rules. r=timhuang!

Comment 2

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

Attachment: Bug 1785870 - Validate cookie banner handling test rules. r=timhuang!

Depends on D155896

Comment 3

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

Attachment: Bug 1785870 - Tests for cookie banner rule test pref. r=timhuang!

Depends on D155897

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/fc0a0e5ec7dd
Add a test pref for importing cookie banner handling rules. r=timhuang
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/21eefb681b20
Validate cookie banner handling test rules. r=timhuang
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/3091a8eea5f1
Tests for cookie banner rule test pref. r=timhuang

Comment 5

[Natalia Csoregi [:nataliaCs]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/fc0a0e5ec7dd
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/21eefb681b20
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/3091a8eea5f1