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How to get hold of a http-only cookie value in Next.js?

I am developing a web app using Next.js and I used HTTP-only cookies to manage authentication. I set a cookie called token using the following code. I used an npm package called cookie for this

 res.setHeader(
    "Set-Cookie",
    cookie.serialize("token", data.jwt, {
      httpOnly: true,
      maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24,
      sameSite: "strict",
      path: "/",
    })
  );

Now when I use console.log(req.headers.cookie); it logs a cookie like _ga=GA1.1; token=jnsjndjsnjd this. So my question is how can I get hold of the second cookie called token. When I do console.log(req.headers.cookie.token) it says undefined.

Solution

  • I was able to find the solution. We need to parse the cookie using cookie.parse, so we can access the token cookie as req.headers.cookie.token.