imclab / node-cookiejar

Simple cookie library for node (not bound to request)

#CookieJar

Simple robust cookie library

##Exports

###CookieAccessInfo(domain,path,secure,script) class to determine matching qualities of a cookie

#####Properties

• String domain - domain to match
• String path - path to match
• Boolean secure - access is secure (ssl generally)
• Boolean script - access is from a script

###Cookie(cookiestr_or_cookie) turns input into a Cookie (singleton if given a Cookie)

#####Properties

• String name - name of the cookie
• String value - string associated with the cookie
• String domain - domain to match (on a cookie a '.' at the start means a wildcard matching anything ending in the rest)
• String path - base path to match (matches any path starting with this '/' is root)
• Boolean noscript - if it should be kept from scripts
• Boolean secure - should it only be transmitted over secure means
• Number expiration_date - number of millis since 1970 at which this should be removed

#####Methods

• String toString() - the set-cookie: string for this cookie
• String toValueString() - the cookie: string for this cookie
• Cookie parse(cookiestr) - parses the string onto this cookie or a new one if called directly
• Boolean matches(access_info) - returns true if the access_info allows retrieval of this cookie
• Boolean collidesWith(cookie) - returns true if the cookies cannot exist in the same space (domain and path match)

###CookieJar() class to hold numerous cookies from multiple domains correctly

#####Methods

• Cookie setCookie(cookie) - add a cookie to the jar
• Cookie[] setCookies(cookiestr_or_list) - add a large number of cookies to the jar
• Cookie getCookie(cookie_name,access_info) - get a cookie with the name and access_info matching
• Cookie[] getCookies(access_info) - grab all cookies matching this access_info