What is ngx-cookie-service?
The ngx-cookie-service is an Angular service for handling cookies. It provides a simple API to set, get, and delete cookies in an Angular application.
What are ngx-cookie-service's main functionalities?
Set a Cookie
This feature allows you to set a cookie with a specified name and value. In this example, a cookie named 'test' with the value 'Hello World' is set.
import { CookieService } from 'ngx-cookie-service';
constructor(private cookieService: CookieService) { }
this.cookieService.set('test', 'Hello World');
Get a Cookie
This feature allows you to retrieve the value of a cookie by its name. In this example, the value of the cookie named 'test' is retrieved and logged to the console.
import { CookieService } from 'ngx-cookie-service';
constructor(private cookieService: CookieService) { }
const value = this.cookieService.get('test');
console.log(value);
Delete a Cookie
This feature allows you to delete a cookie by its name. In this example, the cookie named 'test' is deleted.
import { CookieService } from 'ngx-cookie-service';
constructor(private cookieService: CookieService) { }
this.cookieService.delete('test');
Check if a Cookie Exists
This feature allows you to check if a cookie exists by its name. In this example, it checks if the cookie named 'test' exists and logs the result to the console.
import { CookieService } from 'ngx-cookie-service';
constructor(private cookieService: CookieService) { }
const exists = this.cookieService.check('test');
console.log(exists);
Other packages similar to ngx-cookie-service
ngx-cookie
ngx-cookie is another Angular package for handling cookies. It provides similar functionalities to ngx-cookie-service, such as setting, getting, and deleting cookies. However, ngx-cookie also offers additional features like cookie serialization and deserialization.
angular2-cookie
angular2-cookie is an older package for managing cookies in Angular applications. It offers basic cookie operations similar to ngx-cookie-service but is less actively maintained and may not support the latest Angular versions.
NgxCookieService
This library was generated with Angular CLI version 9.0.5.
Code scaffolding
Run ng generate component component-name --project ngx-cookie-service
to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module --project ngx-cookie-service
.
Note: Don't forget to add --project ngx-cookie-service
or else it will be added to the default project in your angular.json
file.
Build
Run ng build ngx-cookie-service
to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/
directory.
Publishing
After building your library with ng build ngx-cookie-service
, go to the dist folder cd dist/ngx-cookie-service
and run npm publish
.
Running unit tests
Run ng test ngx-cookie-service
to execute the unit tests via Karma.
Further help
To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help
or go check out the Angular CLI README.