Can't display cookies

Question

I'm reading 'beginners Javascript'and I'm in the chapter on cookies. They provide an example on how to store and display cookies, but for some reason my alert(document.cookie) returns nothing. Can anyone see why?

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Chapter 13: Example 1</title>
</head>
<body>

<script>

function setCookie(name, value, path, expires) {
    value = escape(value);

    if (!expires) {
        var now = new Date();
        now.setMonth(now.getMonth() + 6);
        expires = now.toUTCString();
    }

    if (path) {
        path = ";Path=" + path;
    }

    document.cookie = name + "=" + value + ";expires=" + expires + path;
}

setCookie("Name", "Bob");
setCookie("Age", "101");
setCookie("FirstVisit", "10 May 2007");
alert(document.cookie);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Check your browser console. Are there any errors when you load this example? — Sidney, Oct 31 '17 at 00:28
I checked out Johan's advice and used it in a node.js app I made earlier, it works now. Thanks! — Tijl Declerck, Oct 31 '17 at 01:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '17 at 01:20

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You need to serve the file to make the cookie work.

Like, run it on node and pull it up one localhost:8080/file or something like that.

answered Oct 31 '17 at 01:20

hamza765

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Jup, that's what I did and it worked. – Tijl Declerck Oct 31 '17 at 13:21

Can't display cookies

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