node-fetch-cookies
A node-fetch wrapper with support for cookies.
It supports reading/writing from/to a JSON cookie jar and keeps cookies in memory until you call CookieJar.save()
to reduce disk I/O.
Usage Examples
with file...
import {fetch, CookieJar} from "node-fetch-cookies";
(async () => {
const cookieJar = new CookieJar("jar.json");
const response = await fetch(cookieJar, "https://example.com");
await cookieJar.save();
})();
On the next start cookieJar.load()
can be used to load the cookies from the saved file.
...or without
import {fetch, CookieJar} from "node-fetch-cookies";
(async () => {
const cookieJar = new CookieJar();
let response = await fetch(cookieJar, "https://example.com/api/login", {
method: "POST",
body: "credentials"
});
response = await fetch(
cookieJar,
"https://example.com/api/admin/drop-all-databases"
);
response = await fetch(cookieJar, "https://example.com/api/logout");
})();
Exports
This module exports the following classes/functions:
Documentation
async fetch(cookieJars, url[, options])
Returns a Promise resolving to a Response instance on success.
Class: CookieJar
A class that stores cookies.
Properties
flags
The read/write flags as specified below.file
The path of the cookie jar on the disk.cookies
A Map mapping hostnames to maps, which map cookie names to the respective Cookie instance.cookieIgnoreCallback
The callback function passed to new CookieJar()
, that is called whenever a cookie couldn't be parsed.
new CookieJar([file, flags = rw
, cookies, cookieIgnoreCallback])
file
An optional string containing a relative or absolute path to the file on the disk to use.flags
An optional string specifying whether cookies should be read and/or written from/to the jar when passing it as parameter to fetch. Default: rw
r
: only read from this jarw
: only write to this jarrw
or wr
: read/write from/to this jar
cookies
An optional initializer for the cookie jar - either an array of Cookie instances or a single Cookie instance.cookieIgnoreCallback(cookie, reason)
An optional callback function which will be called when a cookie is ignored instead of added to the cookie jar.
cookie
The cookie stringreason
A string containing the reason why the cookie has been ignored
addCookie(cookie[, fromURL])
Adds a cookie to the jar.
cookie
A Cookie instance to add to the cookie jar.
Alternatively this can also be a string, for example a serialized cookie received from a website.
In this case fromURL
must be specified.fromURL
The url a cookie has been received from.
Returns true
if the cookie has been added successfully. Returns false
otherwise.
If the parser throws a CookieParseError, it will be caught and cookieIgnoreCallback
will be called with the respective cookie string and error message.
domains()
Returns an iterator over all domains currently stored cookies for.
*cookiesDomain(domain)
Returns an iterator over all cookies currently stored for domain
.
*cookiesValid(withSession)
Returns an iterator over all valid (non-expired) cookies.
withSession
: A boolean. Iterator will include session cookies if set to true
.
*cookiesAll()
Returns an iterator over all cookies currently stored.
*cookiesValidForRequest(requestURL)
Returns an iterator over all cookies valid for a request to url
.
deleteExpired(sessionEnded)
Removes all expired cookies from the jar.
sessionEnded
: A boolean. Also removes session cookies if set to true
.
async load([file = this.file])
Reads cookies from file
on the disk and adds the contained cookies.
file
: Path to the file where the cookies should be saved. Default: this.file
, the file that has been passed to the constructor.
async save([file = this.file])
Saves the cookie jar to file
on the disk. Only non-expired non-session cookies are saved.
file
: Path to the file where the cookies should be saved. Default: this.file
, the file that has been passed to the constructor.
Class: Cookie
An abstract representation of a cookie.
Properties
name
The identifier of the cookie.value
The value of the cookie.expiry
A Date object of the cookies expiry date or null
, if the cookie expires with the session.domain
The domain the cookie is valid for.path
The path the cookie is valid for.secure
A boolean value representing the cookie's secure attribute. If set the cookie will only be used for https
requests.subdomains
A boolean value specifying whether the cookie should be used for requests to subdomains of domain
or not.
new Cookie(str, requestURL)
Creates a cookie instance from the string representation of a cookie as send by a webserver.
str
The string representation of a cookie.url
The url the cookie has been received from.
Will throw a CookieParseError
if str
couldn't be parsed.
static fromObject(obj)
Creates a cookie instance from an already existing object with the same properties.
serialize()
Serializes the cookie, transforming it to name=value
so it can be used in requests.
hasExpired(sessionEnded)
Returns whether the cookie has expired or not.
sessionEnded
: A boolean that specifies whether the current session has ended, meaning if set to true
, the function will return true
for session cookies.
isValidForRequest(requestURL)
Returns whether the cookie is valid for a request to url
.
Class: CookieParseError
The Error that is thrown when the cookie parser located in the constructor of the Cookie class is unable to parse the input.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT license, see LICENSE.