js cookie is not shown in chrome developer tools - javascript

I created cookie with server side code (c#) and it was shown in chrome developer tools. (Resources->Cookies)
now I created it in js and it is not shown there anymore.
if I write in the console: "document.cookie" - I can see my cookie, but I want to see it in Resources->Cookies so I can easily delete it when I want to.
the code to create the cookie: (from: http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp?output=print)
function setCookie(c_name, value, exdays) {
var exdate = new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);
var c_value = escape(value) + ((exdays == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + exdate.toUTCString());
document.cookie = c_name + "=" + c_value;
}
and:
setCookie("myCookie", "true", 365);

Some updates on very similar topic. Secure cookies are not shown on insecure sites.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-chrome-developer-tools/rSbJ1m2F3HY

You need to refresh the resources inspector (small refresh icon in the bottom of the dev tools tray) before it appears.

As from experience, you'll need to refresh the cookies page after you implement the cookie with JS.

Check the cookie settings in your browser and select Allow all cookies option and then refresh the page.

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Javascript setting cookies with path=/

I'm creating cookies which are intended to be shared all across mysite.
This is the code that creates such cookies:
var setCookie = function(cname, cvalue, exdays) {
var d = new Date();
d.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays*24*60*60*1000));
var expires = "expires="+d.toUTCString();
var path ="path=/;";
document.cookie = cname + "=" + cvalue + ";" + expires + ";" + path;
};
It looks pretty straight forward, and I'm using path=/ to indicate that I want to create or modify always the same cookie all along my site.
The problem is that it is creating one cookie for each URL. With a Mozilla plugin I can see the following:
Cookie Name Value Path
timer_is_enabled true /
timer_is_enabled false /foo
timer_is_enabled true /foo/bar
Which is causing my many bugs because the variables which are being accessed are not one and only, but many independent ones.
Any idea why I'm getting this behavior?
Your code should work as expected, at least regarding the path attribute. Those other cookies may be remnants from earlier tests (sadly, there's normally no way to track the creation date of a given cookie since browsers don't normally keep such information).
I suggest you remove all current cookies from the browser and try again.
That function works ok for me. Ran the following:
setCookie('myCookieKey', 'myCookieValue', 10);
And I got the following:

How to edit existing cookies in subdomains?

If a subdomain of lol.com has a cookie named "a" with value "a" and that has a domain of .lol.com how would you edit that cookie from lol.com if you have a console open in it (using JS console from inspect element in chrome).
Also would it be possible to edit it too if the cookie's domain was a.lol.com? They are both https://
Thank you.
Before adding a new cookie you must assign it to specific domain.
Example:
This function helps you to easily add cookies:
function setCookie(cName, cValue, cExpireInDays, cDomain){
var d = new Date();
d.setTime(d.getTime() + (cExpireInDays*24*60*60*1000));
var expires = "expires="+ d.toUTCString();
document.cookie = cName + "=" + cValue + "; " + expires + ";domain="+cDomain+";";
}
From sub.lol.com open console and add new cookie by calling the setCookie function
setCookie("Test", "TestValue", 4, "lol.com");
Go to lol.com open another time the console, and write document.cookie you will get the following data:
"Test=TestValue; OTHER_COOKIES..."
If you want edit it you must add a new cookie with the same domain as we did before or just call the setCookie function.

Unable to set cookies in Javascript

I'm trying to set my cookies in Javascript the following way
<video id = 'media'></video>
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
document.cookie='X-At=$ACCESS_TOKEN$';
document.getElementById('media').src = "$some video link$";
});
However, the cookie just doesn't seem to be added. The file is also hosted on a simpleHttpServer because Chrome seems to ignore pages on local pages. Could someone tell me where the problem is? Note that the cookie gets set when I delete document.getElementById('media').src = "$some video link$";... SoI'm guessing it has to do with setting the source of the element.
Thanks so much.
Found out that cookies are domain specific. So I was unable to set the cookies for the request to a different network, i.e. my file is hosted on a local network 127.0.0.1 and I was trying to send the cookie to a different domain.
The hacky go around for this was to create a proxy server for my request and overwrite the cookie there and redirect the target to my original destination. Couldn't think of a better way to do this.
mate: way of create a cookie like this
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;
}

Setting Cookies across sub domain javascript pitfall

Assistance is required on enabling a cookie to be used cross sub domains. Unable to set the cookie to correct value in javascript. I am not sure if Javascript is failing to set the cookie or MVC.NET is rejecting the request cookie.
Browsers not working
Chrome 43 (Windows)
Firefox 38 (Windows)
iOS 8 Safari
When setting my web.config to use <httpCookies domain=".adomain.com" /> things start to go horribly wrong.
I have some javascript code, in conjuction with pickadate.js datepicker which changes the cookie value to the date selected by a user.
Javascript Function
// Call pickadate API to retrieve selected date
var dateString = this.get('select', 'dd/mm/yyyy');
var cd = new Date();
var exp = cd.setMinutes(cd.getMinutes() + 10)
setCookie("_date", dateString, new Date(exp), "/", ".adomain.com");
window.location.reload();
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, theDomain, secure) {
value = escape(value);
var theCookie = name + "=" + value +
((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
((theDomain) ? "; domain=" + theDomain : "") +
((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
document.cookie = theCookie;
}
What .NET is doing when it receives the request
Once the datepicker has been changed, it will refresh to page, sending a new request with the date in the cookie. This is picked up a MVC.NET controller. However, the cookie is not changing on the clientside.
if(this.ControllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Cookies.AllKeys.Contains("_date"))
{
cookie.Value = this.ControllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Cookies[sessionDate].Value;
// Do some logic with date to retrieve products
} else {
// Set cookie.value to today's date
}
cookie.HttpOnly = false;
cookie.Path = "/";
cookie.Secure = true;
this.ControllerContext.HttpContext.Response.Cookies.Set(cookie);
The http request contains the following duplicate for _date:
_date=30/07/2015;
_date=31/07/2015;
but the date should equal 31/07/2015, but i have duplicates. The domains are different in the chrome resouce tab.
_date=30/07/2015; domain=.adomain.com << I NEED IT TO BE THIS DOMAIN SETTING
_date=30/07/2015; domain=sub.adomain.com
While I am not a .NET expert, It is possible to explicitly specify the domain for the cookie in the Set-Cookie header. As per RFC 6265, if you specify the domain in the header as example.com then the cookie would be also available to www.example.com and subdomain.example.com. Subdomains are not considered as external domains and hence it is not a security violation.
Probably adding something like this before sending the cookie in your controller should work
cookie.Domain = "adomain.com";
This is not possible because of security reasons. detailed info here
You could try using an iFrame to set the cookie like Facebook does this.

JavaScript code for cookie not working in Chrome

The following code works fine in FF:
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + (1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
document.cookie = "c_odi" + "=" + $('#orderdetailid').val() + expires + "; path=/";
But not in Chrome. When I'm using Chrome and I do document.cookie in the console to view cookies, the c_odi cookie isn't there. But when I do the same in FF, it is. How can we make cookies work in Chrome? The cookies that were added by PHP are fine, but not this one in JavaScript, and I do need to add this cookie via JavaScript at this point.
This problem can occur if You open Your code as file:///C:/.../xxx.html instead of http:// localhost/xxx.html. Chrome doesn't save cookies (because there is no domain and no http communication) in file:// case.
Few links of interest:
https://gist.github.com/shellscape/02d3a97031e7afdf99d2642f93d59486
Setting Cookies using JavaScript in a local html file
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536650
https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/46255/save-state-to-cookie-in-file-protocol
Chrome doesn’t store cookies from the pages which are loaded from local file system. For example if you are accessing a HTML file in chrome browser from local file system(ex: file:///C:/Users/deepak.r/Desktop/test.html), cookies are not supported.
Try to replace this line:
document.cookie = "c_odi" + "=" + $('#orderdetailid').val() + expires + "; path=/";
with this one:
document.cookie = "c_odi" + "=" + escape($('#orderdetailid').val()) + expires + "; path=/";
You would have to use unescape when you try to read value, but you'll menage when time comes :)
Seems like it's working for me:
http://jsfiddle.net/rQEnF/3/
At least the cookie shows up in dev tools, as you can see. However, I replaced the jQuery selector $('#orderdetailid').val() with a constant value, as you can see. Is there something wrong with that value or the element containing the value maybe?
Make sure your address bar url matches the domain. In Chrome if you set domain=www.site.com and then test your page in the browser missing out the www. it won't work.

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