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\Cookies are read and written through ActionController#cookies.

The cookies being read are the ones received along with the request, the cookies being written will be sent out with the response. Reading a cookie does not get the cookie object itself back, just the value it holds.

Examples for writing:

  # Sets a simple session cookie.
  cookies[:user_name] = "david"

  # Sets a cookie that expires in 1 hour.
  cookies[:login] = { :value => "XJ-122", :expires => 1.hour.from_now }

  # Sets a signed cookie, which prevents a user from tampering with its value.
  # You must specify a value in ActionController::Base.cookie_verifier_secret.
  cookies.signed[:remember_me] = [current_user.id, current_user.salt]

  # Sets a "permanent" cookie (which expires in 20 years from now).
  cookies.permanent[:login] = "XJ-122"
  # You can also chain these methods:
  cookies.permanent.signed[:login] = "XJ-122"

Examples for reading:

  cookies[:user_name] # => "david"
  cookies.size        # => 2

Example for deleting:

  cookies.delete :user_name

Please note that if you specify a :domain when setting a cookie, you must also specify the domain when deleting the cookie:

 cookies[:key] = {
   :value => 'a yummy cookie',
   :expires => 1.year.from_now,
   :domain => 'domain.com'
 }

 cookies.delete(:key, :domain => 'domain.com')

The option symbols for setting cookies are:

  • :value - The cookie’s value or list of values (as an array).
  • :path - The path for which this cookie applies. Defaults to the root of the application.
  • :domain - The domain for which this cookie applies so you can restrict to the domain level. If you use a schema like www.example.com and want to share session with user.example.com set :domain to :all. Make sure to specify the :domain option with :all again when deleting keys.
      :domain => nil  # Does not sets cookie domain. (default)
      :domain => :all # Allow the cookie for the top most level
                        domain and subdomains.
    
  • :expires - The time at which this cookie expires, as a \Time object.
  • :secure - Whether this cookie is a only transmitted to HTTPS servers. Default is false.
  • :httponly - Whether this cookie is accessible via scripting or only HTTP. Defaults to false.

Constants

HTTP_HEADER = "Set-Cookie".freeze

TOKEN_KEY = "action_dispatch.secret_token".freeze

Attributes

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