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Working with cookies

Reading Cookies​

Cookies are available in the req.cookies object

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
    const { token } = req.cookies;

    if (token === "sk_a7298f5e-43eb-4aca-abd8-53a2c20df5ef") {
        return res.send({ message: "success" });
    }

    res.send("Forbidden", 403);
});
res.setCookie("token", "f9a3e039-d605-4aea-a670-f1ab6b54b459");

Sets a Set-Cookie header.

res.setCookie("token", "abc123", {
    httpOnly: true,
    secure: true,
    sameSite: "Lax",
    path: "/",
    domain: "example.com",
    expires: new Date("2077-01-01"),
    maxAge: 3600
});

Sets the cookie with an expired date (Expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970).

res.clearCookie("token");