Read cookie from Javascript

Question

On a site which is hosted on *.x.com, I am loading a javascript (say javascriptY) from *.y.com. I have some cookie "name=value" stored on *.y.com (some user might have visited *.y.com earlier) and I want to read "name" cookie from the javascriptY which is loaded on *.x.com.

Is there a way to read cookie of *.y.com from javascriptY, which is loaded on *.x.com?

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Possible duplicate of [Reading a cookie from a different domain](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36318866/reading-a-cookie-from-a-different-domain) — Pablo Lozano, May 25 '17 at 09:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '17 at 09:55

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It is not possible to read a cookie set under a different domain

Because cookies are limited by the same origin policy, which states that they are specific to the root of the HTML document they are defined in.

Cross-domain cookies: Have a look at the answer for this question, about Cross-Domain Cookies for alternative methods of sharing cookies between domains.

answered May 25 '17 at 09:55

Alicia Sykes

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Thanks Lissy, I will have a look. – Kalpit Deewan May 25 '17 at 10:06

Read cookie from Javascript

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It is not possible to read a cookie set under a different domain