Hello I got a similar problem as this one : Cookies don't get stored in localhost but the difference is that for me it works when I put path:'/' (the default path) and path:'/login' (which is the current client side page when the cookie is trying to be stored at the end of the login process) but it doesn't for any other path.
res.cookie(`api`,token,{
domain:'localhost',
path:'/account',
expires: new Date(Date.now()+7*24*60*60*1000),
httpOnly: true
});
My server is on port 3000
Edit: I need to add that I have a middleware like this in my app.js file
app.use("/auth/", authRoutes);
authRoutes is the module file where I put the different routes like /login and /register. So when I submit the login form it is calling the /auth/login route server side which will execute the login function where I try to create the cookie after all the email/password verifications. I just tried path as '/auth' in the res.cookie function and it actually worked. Could that be the problem ? That I am trying to create a cookie in a function that is considering '/' as /auth/ because it is a middleware. I don't know if it's clear but I was thinking maybe it is somehow related even if I wouldn't understand why.
Edit 2 : In my app, Express serves static files of my react front end app. What I want to do is put a httponly cookie on the user's browser after login that will be sent back to server only when user visit the '/account' page to verify the user's identity and if he is still connected.
