JavaScript cookie, track visits

Question

I want to create a way to track how many times a user has visited a page.

Problem is that i want to only increase the cookie visit count if more than 30 minutes have past since the last visit.

How could i do this?

Right now this is what i have to set and get cookie:

getCookie('xVisitors');
setCookie('xVisitors', 1, 120);


function setCookie(b, c, e) {
    var i = "";
    e > 0 && (i = new Date, i.setTime(i.getTime() + e * 6E4), i = "; expires=" + i.toGMTString());
    e = "";
    document.cookie = b + "=" + c + i + "; path=/;" + e
};

function getCookie(b) {
    for (var c = document.cookie.split(";"), e = 0; e < c.length; e++) {
        for (var i = c[e]; i.charAt(0) == " ";) i = i.substring(1, i.length);
            if (i.indexOf(b) == 0) return i.substring(b.length + 1, i.length);
        }
    return "";
}

Store another cookie with the last time updated. Then check if 30 minutes has passed, and if so increment `xVisitors` again. — eandersson, Mar 09 '13 at 13:42
Take a look at this answer. Simply use this to store and compare the date http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4503901/javascript-if-time-930-then — eandersson, Mar 09 '13 at 13:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '13 at 13:59

var cTime = new Date().getTime();
var numVisits = 1;
var xVisitors = getCookie('xVisitors').split('|');
if ( typeof xVisitors[1]!='undefined' ) {
  numVisits = ( (cTime-parseInt(xVisitors[1])) > (30*60) ) ? (xVisitors[0]+1) : xVisitors[0];
}
setCookie('xVisitors',numVisits+"|"+cTime,120);

JavaScript cookie, track visits

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