Node.js and express - how to read a cookie but is undefined

Question

I use the below to set a cookie using express.

res.cookie(\'test\', \'yes\', { 
    expires: new Date(Date.now() + 365*2*24*60*60*1000), 
    httpOnly: true          


        

Answer 1

Most middleware (like cookieParser) is no longer bundled with Express and must be installed separately.

Install cookie-parser:

npm install cookie-parser

Usage

var express      = require('express')
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser')

var app = express()
app.use(cookieParser())

https://github.com/expressjs/cookie-parser