Express: res.cookie(name, value [, options]): Set cookie name to value

res.cookie(name, value [, options])

This method used to set the cookie name to value. The value to the cookie can be a string or object converted to JSON.

Example

res.cookie('name', 'tobi', { domain: '.example.com', path: '/admin', secure: true });

res.cookie('rememberme', '1', { expires: new Date(Date.now() + 900000), httpOnly: true });

  

index.js

'use strict'

const express = require('express')

const app = express()

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
 res.cookie('rememberme', '1', { expires: new Date(Date.now() + 900000), httpOnly: true });
 res.send('Hello World')
})

const port = 3000
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Application started listening on port ${port}!`));

Run index.js.

Open the url ‘http://localhost:3000/’ in browser, you can see below message.

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