How to set cookie value in Node.js?

Question

How to set cookie value in Node.js?

I'm developing a website with node.js and express... How can I set a cookie value? I haven't found anyhing. How can I do it?

Thanks!

javascript
node.js
cookies

Answer 1

As Express is built on Connect, you can use the cookieParser middleware and req.cookies to read and res.cookie() to write cookies:

// configuration
app.use(express.cookieParser());
// or  `express.cookieParser('secret')` for signed cookies

// routing
app.get('/foo', function (req, res) {
    res.cookie('bar', 'baz');
    // ...
});

app.get('/bar', function (req, res) {
    res.send(req.cookies.bar);
});

[Update]

As of Express 4.0, Connect will no longer be included with Express and the default middleware have been moved into their own packages, including cookie-parser.

Answer 2

You could just use the response object that express provides to set your cookies.

You can find detailed information on how to do that at: http://expressjs.com/api.html#res.cookie