Get cookie

getCookie() is a function which makes consuming cookies a piece of cake. It returns the value of the cookie corresponding to name passed to it as parameter cname.

Signature

function getCookie(cname) {
    ...
    return value
}

Parameters

1. cname

   Type

   string

   Default

   *required

   Description

   the name of the cookie whose value is being retrieved

Return

Type

string

Data

• value of the cookie whose name is cname

• null if the specified cookie is not found

Examples

import { getCookie } from 'formula_one'

Importing getCookie() from formula_one.

> getCookie('csrftoken')
'4OgZaiZcwEHAAeqnzqrn2jFubHe7IemgS07ZJJ0CltuQD3e0MSHIKaAtqeBb7HhD'

Using getCookie() to read the cookie named ‘csrftoken’.