How do I set and unset a cookie using jQuery, for example create a cookie named test
and set the value to 1
?
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I know there are many great answers. Often, I only need to read cookies and I do not want to create overhead by loading additional libraries or defining functions.
Here is how to read cookies in one line of javascript. I found the answer in Guilherme Rodrigues' blog article:
('; '+document.cookie).split('; '+key+'=').pop().split(';').shift()
This reads the cookie named key
, nice, clean and simple.
$.cookie("test", 1); //set cookie
$.cookie("test"); //get cookie
$.cookie('test', null); //delete cookie
Make sure not to do something like this:
var a = $.cookie("cart").split(",");
Then, if the cookie doesn't exist, the debugger will return some unhelpful message like ".cookie not a function".
Always declare first, then do the split after checking for null. Like this:
var a = $.cookie("cart");
if (a != null) {
var aa = a.split(",");
There is no need to use jQuery particularly to manipulate cookies.
From QuirksMode (including escaping characters)
function createCookie(name, value, days) {
var expires;
if (days) {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
} else {
expires = "";
}
document.cookie = encodeURIComponent(name) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(value) + expires + "; path=/";
}
function readCookie(name) {
var nameEQ = encodeURIComponent(name) + "=";
var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
var c = ca[i];
while (c.charAt(0) === ' ')
c = c.substring(1, c.length);
if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) === 0)
return decodeURIComponent(c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length));
}
return null;
}
function eraseCookie(name) {
createCookie(name, "", -1);
}
Take a look at
Here is how you set the cookie with JavaScript:
below code has been taken from https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp
function setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) { var d = new Date(); d.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays*24*60*60*1000)); var expires = "expires="+ d.toUTCString(); document.cookie = cname + "=" + cvalue + ";" + expires + ";path=/"; }
now you can get the cookie with below function:
function getCookie(cname) { var name = cname + "="; var decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie); var ca = decodedCookie.split(';'); for(var i = 0; i <ca.length; i++) { var c = ca[i]; while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') { c = c.substring(1); } if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) { return c.substring(name.length, c.length); } } return ""; }
And finally this is how you check the cookie:
function checkCookie() { var username = getCookie("username"); if (username != "") { alert("Welcome again " + username); } else { username = prompt("Please enter your name:", ""); if (username != "" && username != null) { setCookie("username", username, 365); } } }
If you want to delete the cookie just set the expires parameter to a passed date:
document.cookie = "username=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC; path=/;";
You can use a plugin available here..
https://plugins.jquery.com/cookie/
and then to write a cookie do
$.cookie("test", 1);
to access the set cookie do
$.cookie("test");
Here is my global module I use -
var Cookie = {
Create: function (name, value, days) {
var expires = "";
if (days) {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
}
document.cookie = name + "=" + value + expires + "; path=/";
},
Read: function (name) {
var nameEQ = name + "=";
var ca = document.cookie.split(";");
for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
var c = ca[i];
while (c.charAt(0) == " ") c = c.substring(1, c.length);
if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
}
return null;
},
Erase: function (name) {
Cookie.create(name, "", -1);
}
};
A simple example of set cookie in your browser:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jquery.cookie Test Suite</title>
<script src="jquery-1.9.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.cookie.js"></script>
<script src="JSON-js-master/json.js"></script>
<script src="JSON-js-master/json_parse.js"></script>
<script>
$(function() {
if ($.cookie('cookieStore')) {
var data=JSON.parse($.cookie("cookieStore"));
$('#name').text(data[0]);
$('#address').text(data[1]);
}
$('#submit').on('click', function(){
var storeData = new Array();
storeData[0] = $('#inputName').val();
storeData[1] = $('#inputAddress').val();
$.cookie("cookieStore", JSON.stringify(storeData));
var data=JSON.parse($.cookie("cookieStore"));
$('#name').text(data[0]);
$('#address').text(data[1]);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<label for="inputName">Name</label>
<br />
<input type="text" id="inputName">
<br />
<br />
<label for="inputAddress">Address</label>
<br />
<input type="text" id="inputAddress">
<br />
<br />
<input type="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" />
<hr>
<p id="name"></p>
<br />
<p id="address"></p>
<br />
<hr>
</body>
</html>
Simple just copy/paste and use this code for set your cookie.
<script type="text/javascript">
function setCookie(key, value, expiry) {
var expires = new Date();
expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + (expiry * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
document.cookie = key + '=' + value + ';expires=' + expires.toUTCString();
}
function getCookie(key) {
var keyValue = document.cookie.match('(^|;) ?' + key + '=([^;]*)(;|$)');
return keyValue ? keyValue[2] : null;
}
function eraseCookie(key) {
var keyValue = getCookie(key);
setCookie(key, keyValue, '-1');
}
</script>
You can set the cookies as like
setCookie('test','1','1'); //(key,value,expiry in days)
You can get the cookies as like
getCookie('test');
And finally you can erase the cookies like this one
eraseCookie('test');
Hope it will helps to someone :)
EDIT:
If you want to set the cookie to all the path/page/directory then set path attribute to the cookie
function setCookie(key, value, expiry) {
var expires = new Date();
expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + (expiry * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
document.cookie = key + '=' + value + ';path=/' + ';expires=' + expires.toUTCString();
}
Thanks, vicky
I think Fresher gave us nice way, but there is a mistake:
<script type="text/javascript">
function setCookie(key, value) {
var expires = new Date();
expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + (value * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
document.cookie = key + '=' + value + ';expires=' + expires.toUTCString();
}
function getCookie(key) {
var keyValue = document.cookie.match('(^|;) ?' + key + '=([^;]*)(;|$)');
return keyValue ? keyValue[2] : null;
}
</script>
You should add "value" near getTime(); otherwise the cookie will expire immediately :)
You can use the library on Mozilla website here
You'll be able to set and get cookies like this
docCookies.setItem(name, value);
docCookies.getItem(name);
I thought Vignesh Pichamani's answer was the simplest and cleanest. Just adding to his the ability to set the number of days before expiration:
EDIT: also added 'never expires' option if no day number is set
function setCookie(key, value, days) {
var expires = new Date();
if (days) {
expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
document.cookie = key + '=' + value + ';expires=' + expires.toUTCString();
} else {
document.cookie = key + '=' + value + ';expires=Fri, 30 Dec 9999 23:59:59 GMT;';
}
}
function getCookie(key) {
var keyValue = document.cookie.match('(^|;) ?' + key + '=([^;]*)(;|$)');
return keyValue ? keyValue[2] : null;
}
Set the cookie:
setCookie('myData', 1, 30); // myData=1 for 30 days.
setCookie('myData', 1); // myData=1 'forever' (until the year 9999)
Source: Stackoverflow.com