index.md

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title: Cookie
slug: Web/HTTP/Headers/Cookie
browser-compat: http.headers.Cookie

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{{HTTPSidebar}}

The Cookie HTTP request header contains stored HTTP cookies associated with the server (i.e. previously sent by the server with the {{HTTPHeader("Set-Cookie")}} header or set in JavaScript using {{domxref("Document.cookie")}}).

The Cookie header is optional and may be omitted if, for example, the browser's privacy settings block cookies.

Header type	{{Glossary("Request header")}}
{{Glossary("Forbidden header name")}}	yes

Syntax

Cookie: <cookie-list>
Cookie: name=value
Cookie: name=value; name2=value2; name3=value3

Directives

• <cookie-list>

  • : A list of name-value pairs in the form of <cookie-name>=<cookie-value>. Pairs in the list are separated by a semicolon and a space ('; ').

Examples

Cookie: PHPSESSID=298zf09hf012fh2; csrftoken=u32t4o3tb3gg43; _gat=1

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{HTTPHeader("Set-Cookie")}}

• {{domxref("Document.cookie")}}