node.js: How can i get cookie value by cookie name from request?

Question

How i can get cookie value by cookie name?

res.headers['set-cookie'] returns all cookies.

i need like res.headers['set-cookie']['cookieName']

Answer 1

I have found this solution may work for you

var get_cookies = function(request) {
  var cookies = {};
  request.headers && request.headers.cookie.split(';').forEach(function(cookie) {
    var parts = cookie.match(/(.*?)=(.*)$/)
    cookies[ parts[1].trim() ] = (parts[2] || '').trim();
  });
  return cookies;
};

and then you can use

get_cookies(request)['cookieName']

But if you are using express.I will suggest you

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

then to get cookie value.You can

req.cookies['cookieName']

Hope this help. I found these solutions and worked for me.