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Accessing Set-Cookie value from response.headers in axios

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Shows how to fix accessing Set-Cookie value from response.headers in axios. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.

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[Vasily (top answer)] This approach works, but should be handled on a server side if it's HttpOnly cookie: ` const res = await axios....; const cookieName = '...'; const cookie = (res.headers['set-cookie'] as string[]).find(cookie => cookie.includes(cookieName)) ?.match(new RegExp(^${cookieName}=(.+?);)) ?.[1]; Context: Stack Overflow #70972629 (top answer, 3 votes, 3 answers): I am using VueJS and Axios to send a request like this: axiosAPI.get('/login/flows', {params: {id: 'string'}}).then(res => { console.log('cookie', res.headers) } In return server sends me this response: `` Access

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  1. [Vasily (top answer)] This approach works, but should be handled on a server side if it's HttpOnly cookie:

``` axiosAPI.get('/login/flows', {params: {id: 'string'}}) .then(res => { console.log('cookie', res.headers) } ```

2. In return server sends me this response: ``` Access-Control-Allow-Credentials - true Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Type Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate Content-Length: 646 Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Date: Thu,xxxx 13:56:21 GMT Set-Cookie: csrf_token [your value] Path=/.ory/kratos/pub

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## Why this happens

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Evidence

Source: Stack Overflow #70972629 (top answer, 3 votes, 3 answers): I am using VueJS and Axios to send a request like this: `` axiosAPI.get('/login/flows', {params: {id: 'string'}}) .then(res => { console.log('cookie', res.headers) } In return server sends me this response: `` Access-Control-Allow-Credentials - true Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Type Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate Content-Length: 646 Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Date: Thu,xxxx 13:56:21 GMT Set-Cookie: csrf_token [your value] Path=/.ory/kratos/pub

Verified resolution: [Vasily (top answer)] This approach works, but should be handled on a server side if it's HttpOnly cookie: `` const res = await axios....; const cookieName = '...'; const cookie = (res.headers['set-cookie'] as string[]) .find(cookie => cookie.includes(cookieName)) ?.match(new RegExp(^${cookieName}=(.+?);)) ?.[1];

Source URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70972629

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