How to read/write cookies for local file:/// HTML document?

Question

How can I read/write cookies for local file:/// HTML document using Javascript or jQuery?

I tried this one >>

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;
}

function getCookie(c_name)
{
  var i, x, y, ARRcookies = document.cookie.split(";");
  for (i = 0; i < ARRcookies.length; i++)
  {
    x = ARRcookies[i].substr(0, ARRcookies[i].indexOf("="));
    y = ARRcookies[i].substr(ARRcookies[i].indexOf("=") + 1);
    x = x.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "");
    if (x == c_name)
    {
      return unescape(y);
    }
  }
}

But it does not work.

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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It depends on your browser. Chrome e.g. doesn't allow cookies for local files. see: where cookie saved for local HTML file

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Oct 20 '12 at 20:50

NilsB

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score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 31 '19 at 14:36

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This will work locally

// save data value

localStorage.setItem("name", "John");

// retrieve data value

var name = localStorage.getItem("name");

Original answer.

edited Jul 31 '19 at 14:36

Georgios

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answered Jul 31 '19 at 14:13

Harly Walsh

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 20 '12 at 20:51

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try this one:

https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie

If you need multiple values stored in it try this:

https://github.com/tantau-horia/jquery-SuperCookie

answered Oct 20 '12 at 20:51

uzername_not_found

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I'm using the latest version of this https://github.com/js-cookie/js-cookie on google chrome and it works fine when the page is served from a running server on a port (i.e. localhost://9000 ) but when I open an index.html file that loads the page as a `file:///index.html` it doesn't seem to work. – lacostenycoder Dec 16 '16 at 13:58

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 21 '18 at 07:09

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As an alternative to loading the page from file, you can run a webserver and load the page from localhost. Apache comes with OSX and Ubuntu. Once you have set that up you will be able to use cookies on the local page.

answered Jun 21 '18 at 07:09

aydow

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score -2 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 06 '20 at 21:53

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Try in different browser mozilla allows local storage cookies

answered Aug 06 '20 at 21:53

Nihal

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How to read/write cookies for local file:/// HTML document?

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