Obtain cookies of the page being visited

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I want to know how can we obtain the cookies of the current page being accessed using a communication link between the content script and background page. This is for an extension.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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You can use Content Scripts to access document.cookie for each website you visit. Then you can use Message Passing to pass the cookies from your Content Script to your Background Page.

There are many examples on Stack Overflow for example:

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answered Jun 04 '11 at 03:06

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I have created a script and a background page but seem to work rite since nothing is there in the console when i run the extension – user782400 Jun 05 '11 at 20:10

Obtain cookies of the page being visited

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