chrome.cookies

Description: Use the chrome.cookies API to query and modify cookies, and to be notified when they change.
Availability: Stable since Chrome 6.
Permissions: "cookies"
host permissions

Manifest

To use the cookies API, you must declare the "cookies" permission in your manifest, along with host permissions for any hosts whose cookies you want to access. For example:

      {
        "name": "My extension",
        ...
        "permissions": [
          "cookies",
          "*://*.google.com"
        ],
        ...
      }

Examples

You can find a simple example of using the cookies API in the examples/api/cookies directory. For other examples and for help in viewing the source code, see Samples.

Summary

Types
Cookie
CookieStore
Methods
get − chrome.cookies.get(object details, function callback)
getAll − chrome.cookies.getAll(object details, function callback)
set − chrome.cookies.set(object details, function callback)
remove − chrome.cookies.remove(object details, function callback)
getAllCookieStores − chrome.cookies.getAllCookieStores(function callback)
Events
onChanged

Types

Represents information about an HTTP cookie.
properties
string name The name of the cookie.
string value The value of the cookie.
string domain The domain of the cookie (e.g. "www.google.com", "example.com").
boolean hostOnly True if the cookie is a host-only cookie (i.e. a request's host must exactly match the domain of the cookie).
string path The path of the cookie.
boolean secure True if the cookie is marked as Secure (i.e. its scope is limited to secure channels, typically HTTPS).
boolean httpOnly True if the cookie is marked as HttpOnly (i.e. the cookie is inaccessible to client-side scripts).
boolean session True if the cookie is a session cookie, as opposed to a persistent cookie with an expiration date.
double (optional) expirationDate The expiration date of the cookie as the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. Not provided for session cookies.
string storeId The ID of the cookie store containing this cookie, as provided in getAllCookieStores().

CookieStore

Represents a cookie store in the browser. An incognito mode window, for instance, uses a separate cookie store from a non-incognito window.
properties
string id The unique identifier for the cookie store.
array of integer tabIds Identifiers of all the browser tabs that share this cookie store.

Methods

get

chrome.cookies.get(object details, function callback)

Retrieves information about a single cookie. If more than one cookie of the same name exists for the given URL, the one with the longest path will be returned. For cookies with the same path length, the cookie with the earliest creation time will be returned.

Parameters
object details Details to identify the cookie being retrieved.
string url The URL with which the cookie to retrieve is associated. This argument may be a full URL, in which case any data following the URL path (e.g. the query string) is simply ignored. If host permissions for this URL are not specified in the manifest file, the API call will fail.
string name The name of the cookie to retrieve.
string (optional) storeId The ID of the cookie store in which to look for the cookie. By default, the current execution context's cookie store will be used.
function callback

The callback parameter should be a function that looks like this:

function( Cookie cookie) {...};
Cookie (optional) cookie Contains details about the cookie. This parameter is null if no such cookie was found.

getAll

chrome.cookies.getAll(object details, function callback)

Retrieves all cookies from a single cookie store that match the given information. The cookies returned will be sorted, with those with the longest path first. If multiple cookies have the same path length, those with the earliest creation time will be first.

Parameters
object details Information to filter the cookies being retrieved.
string (optional) url Restricts the retrieved cookies to those that would match the given URL.
string (optional) name Filters the cookies by name.
string (optional) domain Restricts the retrieved cookies to those whose domains match or are subdomains of this one.
string (optional) path Restricts the retrieved cookies to those whose path exactly matches this string.
boolean (optional) secure Filters the cookies by their Secure property.
boolean (optional) session Filters out session vs. persistent cookies.
string (optional) storeId The cookie store to retrieve cookies from. If omitted, the current execution context's cookie store will be used.
function callback

The callback parameter should be a function that looks like this:

function(array of Cookie cookies) {...};
array of Cookie cookies All the existing, unexpired cookies that match the given cookie info.

set

chrome.cookies.set(object details, function callback)

Sets a cookie with the given cookie data; may overwrite equivalent cookies if they exist.

Parameters
object details Details about the cookie being set.
string url The request-URI to associate with the setting of the cookie. This value can affect the default domain and path values of the created cookie. If host permissions for this URL are not specified in the manifest file, the API call will fail.
string (optional) name The name of the cookie. Empty by default if omitted.
string (optional) value The value of the cookie. Empty by default if omitted.
string (optional) domain The domain of the cookie. If omitted, the cookie becomes a host-only cookie.
string (optional) path The path of the cookie. Defaults to the path portion of the url parameter.
boolean (optional) secure Whether the cookie should be marked as Secure. Defaults to false.
boolean (optional) httpOnly Whether the cookie should be marked as HttpOnly. Defaults to false.
double (optional) expirationDate The expiration date of the cookie as the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. If omitted, the cookie becomes a session cookie.
string (optional) storeId The ID of the cookie store in which to set the cookie. By default, the cookie is set in the current execution context's cookie store.
function (optional) callback

If you specify the callback parameter, it should be a function that looks like this:

function( Cookie cookie) {...};
Cookie (optional) cookie Contains details about the cookie that's been set. If setting failed for any reason, this will be "null", and "chrome.runtime.lastError" will be set.

remove

chrome.cookies.remove(object details, function callback)

Deletes a cookie by name.

Parameters
object details Information to identify the cookie to remove.
string url The URL associated with the cookie. If host permissions for this URL are not specified in the manifest file, the API call will fail.
string name The name of the cookie to remove.
string (optional) storeId The ID of the cookie store to look in for the cookie. If unspecified, the cookie is looked for by default in the current execution context's cookie store.
function (optional) callback

If you specify the callback parameter, it should be a function that looks like this:

function(object details) {...};
object (optional) details Contains details about the cookie that's been removed. If removal failed for any reason, this will be "null", and "chrome.runtime.lastError" will be set.
string url The URL associated with the cookie that's been removed.
string name The name of the cookie that's been removed.
string storeId The ID of the cookie store from which the cookie was removed.

getAllCookieStores

chrome.cookies.getAllCookieStores(function callback)

Lists all existing cookie stores.

Parameters
function callback

The callback parameter should be a function that looks like this:

function(array of CookieStore cookieStores) {...};
array of CookieStore cookieStores All the existing cookie stores.

Events

onChanged

Fired when a cookie is set or removed. As a special case, note that updating a cookie's properties is implemented as a two step process: the cookie to be updated is first removed entirely, generating a notification with "cause" of "overwrite" . Afterwards, a new cookie is written with the updated values, generating a second notification with "cause" "explicit".

addListener

chrome.cookies.onChanged.addListener(function callback)
Parameters
function callback

The callback parameter should be a function that looks like this:

function(object changeInfo) {...};
object changeInfo
boolean removed True if a cookie was removed.
Cookie cookie Information about the cookie that was set or removed.
enum of "evicted", "expired", "explicit", "expired_overwrite", or "overwrite" cause The underlying reason behind the cookie's change. If a cookie was inserted, or removed via an explicit call to "chrome.cookies.remove", "cause" will be "explicit". If a cookie was automatically removed due to expiry, "cause" will be "expired". If a cookie was removed due to being overwritten with an already-expired expiration date, "cause" will be set to "expired_overwrite". If a cookie was automatically removed due to garbage collection, "cause" will be "evicted". If a cookie was automatically removed due to a "set" call that overwrote it, "cause" will be "overwrite". Plan your response accordingly.