sanic/docs/sanic/cookies.md
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# Cookies
Cookies are pieces of data which persist inside a user's browser. Sanic can
both read and write cookies, which are stored as key-value pairs.
## Reading cookies
A user's cookies can be accessed via the `Request` object's `cookies` dictionary.
```python
from sanic.response import text
@app.route("/cookie")
async def test(request):
test_cookie = request.cookies.get('test')
return text("Test cookie set to: {}".format(test_cookie))
```
## Writing cookies
When returning a response, cookies can be set on the `Response` object.
```python
from sanic.response import text
@app.route("/cookie")
async def test(request):
response = text("There's a cookie up in this response")
response.cookies['test'] = 'It worked!'
response.cookies['test']['domain'] = '.gotta-go-fast.com'
response.cookies['test']['httponly'] = True
return response
```
## Deleting cookies
Cookies can be removed semantically or explicitly.
```python
from sanic.response import text
@app.route("/cookie")
async def test(request):
response = text("Time to eat some cookies muahaha")
# This cookie will be set to expire in 0 seconds
del response.cookies['kill_me']
# This cookie will self destruct in 5 seconds
response.cookies['short_life'] = 'Glad to be here'
response.cookies['short_life']['max-age'] = 5
del response.cookies['favorite_color']
# This cookie will remain unchanged
response.cookies['favorite_color'] = 'blue'
response.cookies['favorite_color'] = 'pink'
del response.cookies['favorite_color']
return response
```
Response cookies can be set like dictionary values and have the following
parameters available:
- `expires` (datetime): The time for the cookie to expire on the
client's browser.
- `path` (string): The subset of URLs to which this cookie applies. Defaults to /.
- `comment` (string): A comment (metadata).
- `domain` (string): Specifies the domain for which the cookie is valid. An
explicitly specified domain must always start with a dot.
- `max-age` (number): Number of seconds the cookie should live for.
- `secure` (boolean): Specifies whether the cookie will only be sent via
HTTPS.
- `httponly` (boolean): Specifies whether the cookie cannot be read by
Javascript.