@robotkittens/cookie-universal v1.0.19

cookie-universal

Universal cookie plugin, perfect for SSR

You can use cookie-universal to set, get and remove cookies in the browser, node, connect and express apps. cookie-universal parse cookies with the popular cookie node module.

Install

• yarn: yarn add cookie-universal
• npm: npm i --save cookie-universal

Usage

// server
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const cookies = require('cookie-universal')(req, res)
  cookies.set('cookie-name', 'cookie-value')
})

// browser, from import
import Cookie from 'cookie-universal'
const cookies = Cookie()
cookies.set('cookie-name', 'cookie-value')

// browser, from dist
// note: include dist/cookie-universal.js
const cookies = Cookie()
cookies.set('cookie-name', 'cookie-value')

Api

• name (string): Cookie name to set.
• value (string|object): Cookie value.
• opts (object): Same as the cookie node module.
  • path (string): Specifies the value for the Path Set-Cookie attribute. By default, the path is considered the "default path".
  • expires (date): Specifies the Date object to be the value for the Expires Set-Cookie attribute.
  • maxAge (number): Specifies the number (in milliseconds) to be the value for the Max-Age Set-Cookie attribute.
  • httpOnly (boolean): Specifies the boolean value for the HttpOnly Set-Cookie attribute.
  • domain (string): specifies the value for the Domain Set-Cookie attribute.
  • encode (function): Specifies a function that will be used to encode a cookie's value.
  • sameSite (boolean|string): Specifies the value for the Path Set-Cookie attribute. By default, the path is considered the "default path".
  • secure (boolean): Specifies the boolean value for the Secure Set-Cookie attribute.

const cookieValObject = { param1: 'value1', param2: 'value2' }
  
// server
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const cookies = require('cookie-universal')(req, res)
  cookies.set('cookie-name', 'cookie-value', { 
    path: '/',
    maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
  })
  cookies.set('cookie-name', cookieValObject, { 
    path: '/',
    maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
  })
})

// client
import Cookie from 'cookie-universal'
const cookies = Cookie()
cookies.set('cookie-name', 'cookie-value', { 
  path: '/',
  maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
})
cookies.set('cookie-name', cookieValObject, { 
  path: '/',
  maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
})

• cookieArray (array)
  • name (string): Cookie name to set.
  • value (string|object): Cookie value.
  • opts (object): Same as the cookie node module.
    • path (string): Specifies the value for the Path Set-Cookie attribute. By default, the path is considered the "default path".
    • expires (date): Specifies the Date object to be the value for the Expires Set-Cookie attribute.
    • maxAge (number): Specifies the number (in milliseconds) to be the value for the Max-Age Set-Cookie attribute.
    • httpOnly (boolean): Specifies the boolean value for the HttpOnly Set-Cookie attribute.
    • domain (string): specifies the value for the Domain Set-Cookie attribute.
    • encode (function): Specifies a function that will be used to encode a cookie's value.
    • sameSite (boolean|string): Specifies the value for the Path Set-Cookie attribute. By default, the path is considered the "default path".
    • secure (boolean): Specifies the boolean value for the Secure Set-Cookie attribute.

const options = {
  path: '/',
  maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
}
const cookieList = [
  { name: 'cookie-name1', value: 'value1', opts: options },
  { name: 'cookie-name2', value: 'value2', opts: options },
  { name: 'cookie-name3', value: 'value3', opts: options },
  { name: 'cookie-name4', value: 'value4', opts: options }
]

// server
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const cookies = require('cookie-universal')(req, res)
  cookies.setAll(cookieList)
})

// client
import Cookie from 'cookie-universal'
const cookies = Cookie()
cookies.setAll(cookieList)

• name (string): Cookie name to get.

• fromRes (boolean): Get cookies from res instead of req.

// server
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const cookies = require('cookie-universal')(req, res)
  const cookieRes = cookies.get('cookie-name') 
  const cookieRes = cookies.get('cookie-name', true) // get from res instead of req 
  // returns the cookie value or undefined
})

// client
import Cookie from 'cookie-universal'
const cookies = Cookie()
const cookieRes = cookies.get('cookie-name') 
// returns the cookie value or undefined

• fromRes (boolean): Get cookies from res instead of req.

// server
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const cookies = require('cookie-universal')(req, res)
  const cookiesRes = cookies.getAll() 
  const cookiesRes = cookies.getAll(true) // get from res instead of req 
  // returns all cookies or []
  [
    {
      "name": "cookie-1",
      "value": "value1"
    },
    {
      "name": "cookie-2",
      "value": "value2"
    }
  ]
})

// client
import Cookie from 'cookie-universal'
const cookies = Cookie()
const cookiesRes = cookies.getAll() 
// returns all cookies or []
[
  {
    "name": "cookie-1",
    "value": "value1"
  },
  {
    "name": "cookie-2",
    "value": "value2"
  }
]

• name (string): Cookie name to remove.

• opts (object): The only option available is path. Use it to remove the cookie from a specific location.

// server
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const cookies = require('cookie-universal')(req, res)
  cookies.remove('cookie-name') 
  cookies.remove('cookie-name', {
    // this will allow you to remove a cookie
    // from a different path
    path: '/my-path' 
  })
})

// client
import Cookie from 'cookie-universal'
const cookies = Cookie()
cookies.remove('cookie-name') 

// note that removeAll does not currently allow you 
// to remove cookies that have a 
// path different from '/'

// server
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const cookies = require('cookie-universal')(req, res)
  cookies.removeAll() 
})

// client
import Cookie from 'cookie-universal'
const cookies = Cookie()
cookies.removeAll() 

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) Salvatore Tedde microcipcip@gmail.com