Cookies not getting set in node.js

Question

Im trying to set cookies for my website using node.js and express.js. Heres a simplified version of my code:

var express = require('express');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');

var app = express();
app.use(cookieParser());

app.post('/testCookies', function(req, res) {
   console.log(req.cookies); //empty object
   res.cookie('username', 'test');
   console.log(req.cookies); //still an empty object

   res.end();
});

I tried POSTing twice in case the cookies somehow get set after the request (im not very familiar with cookies yet) but it doesn't change anything. The console does not show any errors.

I'm not familiar with your stack but can't you simply set a cookie value like that : req.cookies.test = "somestring"; ? — noa-dev
– noa-dev, Commented Apr 7, 2016 at 7:50
According to this stackoverflow question and this blogpost you have to use res.cookie(...) — Benjamin Minixhofer
– Benjamin Minixhofer, Commented Apr 7, 2016 at 7:59

Alex Logan · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-07 08:01:52Z

1

You could use req.session() instead. That would let you do

req.session.username = "test";

See the docs here.

answered Apr 7, 2016 at 8:01

Alex Logan

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