What is @types/tough-cookie?
The @types/tough-cookie package provides TypeScript type definitions for the tough-cookie library, which is a robust HTTP cookie parsing and serialization library. This package doesn't add any functionality on its own but allows developers using TypeScript to work with tough-cookie in a type-safe manner, offering autocompletion and type checking for the tough-cookie API.
What are @types/tough-cookie's main functionalities?
Cookie parsing
This feature allows for the parsing of a cookie string into a Cookie object, which can then be manipulated or inspected in a type-safe manner.
import { Cookie } from 'tough-cookie';
const cookie = Cookie.parse('key=value; expires=Fri, 31 Dec 9999 23:59:59 GMT;');
Cookie serialization
This feature enables the serialization of a Cookie object back into a string format, which can be used in HTTP headers.
import { Cookie } from 'tough-cookie';
const cookie = new Cookie({
key: 'key',
value: 'value',
expires: new Date('9999-12-31T23:59:59.000Z')
});
const serializedCookie = cookie.toString();
Cookie jar management
This feature provides a way to manage a collection of cookies relevant to specific domains and paths, allowing for easy retrieval and storage of cookies across HTTP requests.
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
const jar = new CookieJar();
jar.setCookieSync('key=value; Domain=example.com; Path=/;', 'http://example.com');
const cookies = jar.getCookiesSync('http://example.com');
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js-cookie
js-cookie is a simple, easy-to-use library for handling cookies in the browser. It provides a straightforward API for cookie manipulation, lacking the server-side capabilities and detailed configuration options of tough-cookie.