Nuxt•12mo ago

Handling Cookies in API Routes

I have global middleware:

export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(async () => {
    await useFetch('/api/setCookie')
    await useFetch('/api/getCookie')
});

export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(async () => {
    await useFetch('/api/setCookie')
    await useFetch('/api/getCookie')
});

And those two routes in server/api/getCookie.ts file:

import { getCookie } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {

    const cookie = getCookie(event, 'test_cookie')

    console.log('get cookie in Event Handler', cookie)

    return {
        hello: getCookie(event, 'test_cookie')
    }
})

import { getCookie } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {

    const cookie = getCookie(event, 'test_cookie')

    console.log('get cookie in Event Handler', cookie)

    return {
        hello: getCookie(event, 'test_cookie')
    }
})

and server/api/setCookie.ts:

import { setCookie } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {

    console.log('set cookie in Event Handler')
    setCookie(event, 'test_cookie', 'test_value')

    return {
        hello: 'world'
    }
})

import { setCookie } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {

    console.log('set cookie in Event Handler')
    setCookie(event, 'test_cookie', 'test_value')

    return {
        hello: 'world'
    }
})

I was refering to this section in docs https://nuxt.com/docs/api/composables/use-cookie#handling-cookies-in-api-routes When I run this app I expect to create cookie and console.log it but it doesn't save cookie even on multiple reloads of the app (screenshot). Why?

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Unknown User•12mo ago

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BT1010•12mo ago

What do you mean with parseCookies?

Unknown User•12mo ago

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BT1010•12mo ago

wow this works i'll play with it thanks

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BT1010•12mo ago

No sorry actually it doesn't, I changed getCookies.ts to

import { parseCookies } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {
    const cookie = parseCookies(event)
    console.log('get cookie in Event Handler', cookie)
})

import { parseCookies } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {
    const cookie = parseCookies(event)
    console.log('get cookie in Event Handler', cookie)
})

and now it's:

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BT1010•12mo ago

import { parseCookies } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {

    const cookie = parseCookies(event)

    console.log('get cookie in Event Handler', cookie)

    return { cookie }
})

import { parseCookies } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {

    const cookie = parseCookies(event)

    console.log('get cookie in Event Handler', cookie)

    return { cookie }
})

it's still same:

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BT1010•12mo ago

setCookie.ts is:

import { setCookie } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {

    console.log('set cookie in Event Handler')
    setCookie(event, 'test_cookie', 'test_value')

    return {
        hello: 'world'
    }
})

import { setCookie } from "h3";

export default defineEventHandler((event) => {

    console.log('set cookie in Event Handler')
    setCookie(event, 'test_cookie', 'test_value')

    return {
        hello: 'world'
    }
})

the reproduction is here https://github.com/d0peCode/nuxt3-pinia-middleware-issue on api-route-handling-cookies branch https://github.com/d0peCode/nuxt3-pinia-middleware-issue/tree/api-route-handling-cookies

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BT1010•12mo ago

sure thank you for helping me!

Unknown User•12mo ago

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BT1010•12mo ago

it does create the cookie on logout button click due to redirect but it doesnt when you just load the app without this button disregard this button

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BT1010•12mo ago

no no in middleware i execute this routes

import {useStore} from "~/store/useStore";

export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(async () => {
    await useFetch('/api/setCookie')
    await useFetch('/api/getCookie')
});

import {useStore} from "~/store/useStore";

export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(async () => {
    await useFetch('/api/setCookie')
    await useFetch('/api/getCookie')
});

it should set the cookie immiedietly when you run app in browser you know what i mean?

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BT1010•12mo ago

ignore this button i want to set cookie from api route which is executed from middleware

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BT1010•12mo ago

it's not used at all pull now, i clean up this reproduction project

BT1010•12mo ago

it's only about this 3 files

BT1010•12mo ago

in auth.global.ts i execute this:

export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(async () => {
    await useFetch('/api/setCookie')
    await useFetch('/api/getCookie')
});

export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(async () => {
    await useFetch('/api/setCookie')
    await useFetch('/api/getCookie')
});

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BT1010•12mo ago

i want to be able to set cookie from middleware by the route api so that i can create httpOnly cookie and remove it on server side that's why i'm using api routes for creating cookies

BT1010•12mo ago

and it's in docs so i thought it's gonna work

BT1010•12mo ago

you can not remove httpOnly cookie from client side javascript, it has to be removed from the server where it was created. I wanted to create few API routes with nuxt and handle my httpOnly cookies in this way i was suspecting that the issue is that i'm setting and getting the cookie in same ssr cycle but then after page reload the cookie is still not created any hope?

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BT1010•12mo ago

so you propose plugin instead of global middleware lemme check 1sec

Unknown User•12mo ago

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BT1010•12mo ago

does it really work for you?

Unknown User•12mo ago

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BT1010•12mo ago

i pushed changes for me it doesnt create the cookie

BT1010•12mo ago

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BT1010•12mo ago

remove it and reload does it create? everytime?

Unknown User•12mo ago

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BT1010•12mo ago

do git pull

Unknown User•12mo ago

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BT1010•12mo ago

you dont need to do it in nuxt3 Nuxt automatically reads the files in your plugins directory and loads them at the creation of the Vue application.

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BT1010•12mo ago

and mode client I need to set those cookies in server side that's the thing, I want to set cookies from server side either middleware or plugin but from server

dmarr•12mo ago

can you use the ~/server/middleware dir for that?

BT1010•12mo ago

yes that works! thank you!

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