A very simple cookie manager
setCookie(res, cookie, val, expiration, domain, secure, httpOnly, path) void Sets a cookie header into the http response
res: type: http.ServerResponseobject (see http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_serverresponse) which passed to each http request
cookie:
type: string
Name of the cookie
val:
type: string
The value of the cookie
expiration:
type: Date
optional
a date which defines when the cookie must expire
domain:
type: string
optional
the scope of the cookie, tells the browser that cookies should only be
sent back to the server for the given domain
secure:
type: boolean
optional
The Secure attribute is meant to keep cookie communication limited to
encrypted transmission
httpOnly:
optional
The HttpOnly attribute directs browsers to use cookies via the HTTP
protocol only.
path:
type: string
optional
the scope of the cookie, tells the browser that cookies should only be
sent back to the server for the given path
getCookie(req, cookieName) returns string Gets a cookie from the http request
req:
type: http.ClientRequest
(see http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_clientrequest)
which passed to each http request
cookieName:
type: string
The name of the cookie which value need to be returned
delCookie(res, cookie, domain, secure, httpOnly, path) void Sets the 'Set-Content' http header to request the browser to delete the given cookie Basically sets the expiration to a past date
res:
type: http.ServerResponseobject
(see http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_serverresponse)
which passed to each http request
cookie:
type: string
Name of the cookie
val:
type: string
The value of the cookie
domain:
type: string
optional
the scope of the cookie, tells the browser that cookies should only be
sent back to the server for the given domain
secure:
type: boolean
optional
The Secure attribute is meant to keep cookie communication limited to
encrypted transmission
httpOnly:
optional
The HttpOnly attribute directs browsers to use cookies via the HTTP
protocol only.
path:
type: string
optional
the scope of the cookie, tells the browser that cookies should only be
sent back to the server for the given path
Example of usage:
var cookie = require('ajncookie');
http.createServer((function () { return function (req, res) { // set the foo cookie if not set yet if (!cookie.getCookie(req, 'foo')) { cookie.setCookie(res, 'foo', 'bar', null, null, false, true, '/'); } res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); res.end('OK'); }; }())); srv.listen(1111, '127.0.0.1');