electron/docs/api/cookies.md
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## Class: Cookies
> Query and modify a session's cookies.
Process: [Main](../glossary.md#main-process)
Instances of the `Cookies` class are accessed by using `cookies` property of
a `Session`.
For example:
```javascript
const {session} = require('electron')
// Query all cookies.
session.defaultSession.cookies.get({}, (error, cookies) => {
console.log(error, cookies)
})
// Query all cookies associated with a specific url.
session.defaultSession.cookies.get({url: 'http://www.github.com'}, (error, cookies) => {
console.log(error, cookies)
})
// Set a cookie with the given cookie data;
// may overwrite equivalent cookies if they exist.
const cookie = {url: 'http://www.github.com', name: 'dummy_name', value: 'dummy'}
session.defaultSession.cookies.set(cookie, (error) => {
if (error) console.error(error)
})
```
### Instance Events
The following events are available on instances of `Cookies`:
#### Event: 'changed'
* `event` Event
* `cookie` [Cookie](structures/cookie.md) - The cookie that was changed
* `cause` String - The cause of the change with one of the following values:
* `explicit` - The cookie was changed directly by a consumer's action.
* `overwrite` - The cookie was automatically removed due to an insert
operation that overwrote it.
* `expired` - The cookie was automatically removed as it expired.
* `evicted` - The cookie was automatically evicted during garbage collection.
* `expired-overwrite` - The cookie was overwritten with an already-expired
expiration date.
* `removed` Boolean - `true` if the cookie was removed, `false` otherwise.
Emitted when a cookie is changed because it was added, edited, removed, or
expired.
### Instance Methods
The following methods are available on instances of `Cookies`:
#### `cookies.get(filter, callback)`
* `filter` Object
* `url` String (optional) - Retrieves cookies which are associated with
`url`. Empty implies retrieving cookies of all urls.
* `name` String (optional) - Filters cookies by name.
* `domain` String (optional) - Retrieves cookies whose domains match or are
subdomains of `domains`
* `path` String (optional) - Retrieves cookies whose path matches `path`.
* `secure` Boolean (optional) - Filters cookies by their Secure property.
* `session` Boolean (optional) - Filters out session or persistent cookies.
* `callback` Function
* `error` Error
* `cookies` [Cookie[]](structures/cookie.md) - an array of cookie objects.
Sends a request to get all cookies matching `details`, `callback` will be called
with `callback(error, cookies)` on complete.
#### `cookies.set(details, callback)`
* `details` Object
* `url` String - The url to associate the cookie with.
* `name` String (optional) - The name of the cookie. Empty by default if omitted.
* `value` String (optional) - The value of the cookie. Empty by default if omitted.
* `domain` String (optional) - The domain of the cookie. Empty by default if omitted.
* `path` String (optional) - The path of the cookie. Empty by default if omitted.
* `secure` Boolean (optional) - Whether the cookie should be marked as Secure. Defaults to
false.
* `httpOnly` Boolean (optional) - Whether the cookie should be marked as HTTP only.
Defaults to false.
* `expirationDate` Double (optional) - The expiration date of the cookie as the number of
seconds since the UNIX epoch. If omitted then the cookie becomes a session
cookie and will not be retained between sessions.
* `callback` Function
* `error` Error
Sets a cookie with `details`, `callback` will be called with `callback(error)`
on complete.
#### `cookies.remove(url, name, callback)`
* `url` String - The URL associated with the cookie.
* `name` String - The name of cookie to remove.
* `callback` Function
Removes the cookies matching `url` and `name`, `callback` will called with
`callback()` on complete.
#### `cookies.flushStore(callback)`
* `callback` Function
Writes any unwritten cookies data to disk.