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| # Tough Cookie · [![RFC6265][rfc6265-badge]][rfc6265-tracker] [![RFC6265bis][rfc6265bis-badge]][rfc6265bis-tracker] [![npm version][npm-badge]][npm-repo] [![CI on Github Actions: salesforce/tough-cookie][ci-badge]][ci-url] ![PRs Welcome][prs-welcome-badge] | |
| A Node.js implementation of [RFC6265][rfc6265-tracker] for cookie parsing, storage, and retrieval. | |
| ## Getting Started | |
| Install Tough Cookie using [`npm`][npm-repo]: | |
| ```shell | |
| npm install tough-cookie | |
| ``` | |
| or [`yarn`][yarn-repo]: | |
| ```shell | |
| yarn add tough-cookie | |
| ``` | |
| ## Usage | |
| ```typescript | |
| import { Cookie, CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie' | |
| // parse a `Cookie` request header | |
| const reqCookies = 'ID=298zf09hf012fh2; csrf=u32t4o3tb3gg43; _gat=1' | |
| .split(';') | |
| .map(Cookie.parse) | |
| // generate a `Cookie` request header | |
| const cookieHeader = reqCookies.map((cookie) => cookie.cookieString()).join(';') | |
| // parse a Set-Cookie response header | |
| const resCookie = Cookie.parse( | |
| 'foo=bar; Domain=example.com; Path=/; Expires=Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT', | |
| ) | |
| // generate a Set-Cookie response header | |
| const setCookieHeader = cookie.toString() | |
| // store and retrieve cookies | |
| const cookieJar = new CookieJar() // uses the in-memory store by default | |
| await cookieJar.setCookie(resCookie, 'https://example.com/') | |
| const matchingCookies = await cookieJar.getCookies('https://example.com/') | |
| ``` | |
| > [!IMPORTANT] | |
| > For more detailed usage information, refer to the [API docs](./api/docs/tough-cookie.md). | |
| ## RFC6265bis | |
| Support for [RFC6265bis][rfc6265bis-tracker] is being developed. As these revisions to [RFC6252][rfc6265-tracker] are | |
| still in `Active Internet-Draft` state, the areas of support that follow are subject to change. | |
| ### SameSite Cookies | |
| This change makes it possible for servers, and supporting clients, to mitigate certain types of CSRF | |
| attacks by disallowing `SameSite` cookies from being sent cross-origin. | |
| #### Example | |
| ```typescript | |
| import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie' | |
| const cookieJar = new CookieJar() // uses the in-memory store by default | |
| // storing cookies with various SameSite attributes | |
| await cookieJar.setCookie( | |
| 'strict=authorized; SameSite=strict', | |
| 'http://example.com/index.html', | |
| ) | |
| await cookieJar.setCookie( | |
| 'lax=okay; SameSite=lax', | |
| 'http://example.com/index.html', | |
| ) | |
| await cookieJar.setCookie('normal=whatever', 'http://example.com/index.html') | |
| // retrieving cookies using a SameSite context | |
| const laxCookies = await cookieJar.getCookies('http://example.com/index.html', { | |
| // the first cookie (strict=authorized) will not be returned if the context is 'lax' | |
| // but the other two cookies will be returned | |
| sameSiteContext: 'lax', | |
| }) | |
| ``` | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > It is highly recommended that you read [RFC6265bis - Section 8.8][samesite-implementation] for more details on SameSite cookies, security considerations, and defense in depth. | |
| ### Cookie Prefixes | |
| Cookie prefixes are a way to indicate that a given cookie was set with a set of attributes simply by | |
| inspecting the first few characters of the cookie's name. | |
| Two prefixes are defined: | |
| - `"__Secure-"` | |
| If a cookie's name begins with a case-sensitive match for the string `__Secure-`, then the cookie was set with a "Secure" attribute. | |
| - `"__Host-"` | |
| If a cookie's name begins with a case-sensitive match for the string `__Host-`, then the cookie was set with a "Secure" attribute, a "Path" attribute with a value of "/", and no "Domain" attribute. | |
| If `prefixSecurity` is enabled for `CookieJar`, then cookies that match the prefixes defined above but do | |
| not obey the attribute restrictions are not added. | |
| You can define this functionality by passing in the `prefixSecurity` option to `CookieJar`. It can be one of 3 values: | |
| 1. `silent`: (**default**) Enable cookie prefix checking but silently fail to add the cookie if conditions are not met. | |
| 2. `strict`: Enable cookie prefix checking and error out if conditions are not met. | |
| 3. `unsafe-disabled`: Disable cookie prefix checking. | |
| > If `ignoreError` is passed in as `true` when setting a cookie then the error is silent regardless of the `prefixSecurity` option (assuming it's enabled). | |
| #### Example | |
| ```typescript | |
| import { CookieJar, MemoryCookieStore } from 'tough-cookie' | |
| const cookieJar = new CookieJar(new MemoryCookieStore(), { | |
| prefixSecurity: 'silent', | |
| }) | |
| // this cookie will be silently ignored since the url is insecure (http) | |
| await cookieJar.setCookie( | |
| '__Secure-SID=12345; Domain=example.com; Secure;', | |
| 'http://example.com', | |
| ) | |
| // this cookie will be stored since the url is secure (https) | |
| await cookieJar.setCookie( | |
| '__Secure-SID=12345; Domain=example.com; Secure;', | |
| 'https://example.com', | |
| ) | |
| ``` | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > It is highly recommended that you read [RFC6265bis - Section 4.1.3][cookie-prefixes-implementation] for more details on Cookie Prefixes. | |
| ### Potentially Trustworthy Origins are considered "Secure" | |
| The definition of a "Secure" connection is not explicitly defined by [RFC6265bis][rfc6265bis-tracker] but the following text is | |
| provided in [RFC6265bis - Section 5.8.3][secure-connection-note]: | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > Typically, user agents consider a connection secure if the connection makes use of transport-layer security, such as | |
| > SSL or TLS, or if the host is trusted. For example, most user agents consider "https" to be a scheme that denotes a | |
| > secure protocol and "localhost" to be trusted host. | |
| As well as a note to [Appendix A. Changes from RFC6265][secure-connection-appendix-a] which refers to **"potentially trustworthy | |
| origins"** which are defined in the [Secure Contexts - W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft][potentially-trustworthy-origin]: | |
| > [!Note] | |
| > Considers potentially trustworthy origins as "secure". | |
| Since most web browsers treat `localhost` as a trustworthy origin, by default, so does `tough-cookie`. To disable this | |
| behavior, the `CookieStore` must be configured with: | |
| ```typescript | |
| import { CookieJar, MemoryCookieStore } from 'tough-cookie' | |
| const cookieJar = new CookieJar(new MemoryCookieStore(), { | |
| // add configuration so localhost will not be considered trustworthy | |
| // (fyi - this doesn't apply to https cookies on localhost as those use a secure protocol) | |
| allowSecureOnLocal: false, | |
| }) | |
| // this cookie will be persisted to storage | |
| await cookieJar.setCookie( | |
| 'SID=12345; Domain=localhost; Secure;', | |
| 'http://localhost', | |
| ) | |
| // but, on retrieval, it will not be returned | |
| await cookieJar.getCookiesSync('http://localhost') | |
| ``` | |
| ## Node.js Version Support | |
| We follow the [Node.js release schedule](https://github.com/nodejs/Release#release-schedule) and support | |
| all versions that are in Active LTS or Maintenance. We will always do a major release when dropping support | |
| for older versions of node, and we will do so in consultation with our community. | |
| [npm-badge]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/tough-cookie.svg?style=flat | |
| [npm-repo]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tough-cookie | |
| [ci-badge]: https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg | |
| [ci-url]: https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/actions/workflows/ci.yaml | |
| [rfc6265-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/RFC-6265-flat?labelColor=000000&color=666666 | |
| [rfc6265-tracker]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc6265/ | |
| [rfc6265bis-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/RFC-6265bis-flat?labelColor=000000&color=666666 | |
| [rfc6265bis-tracker]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis/ | |
| [samesite-implementation]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-02#section-8.8 | |
| [cookie-prefixes-implementation]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-02#section-4.1.3 | |
| [secure-connection-note]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-19#section-5.8.3-2.1.2.3.1 | |
| [secure-connection-appendix-a]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-19#appendix-A-1.7.1 | |
| [potentially-trustworthy-origin]: https://www.w3.org/TR/secure-contexts/#is-origin-trustworthy | |
| [prs-welcome-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg | |
| [yarn-repo]: https://yarnpkg.com/package?name=tough-cookie | |