= cowboy_req:parse_cookies(3) == Name cowboy_req:parse_cookies - Parse cookie headers == Description [source,erlang] ---- parse_cookies(Req) -> [{Name, Value}] Name :: binary() %% case sensitive Value :: binary() %% case sensitive ---- Parse cookie headers. Alias for link:man:cowboy_req:parse_header(3)[cowboy_req:parse_header(<<"cookie">>, Req)]. When the cookie header is missing, `[]` is returned. While an empty cookie header is not valid, some clients do send it. Cowboy will in this case also return `[]`. == Arguments Req:: The Req object. == Return value The cookies are returned as a list of key/values. Keys and values are case sensitive binary strings. == Changelog * *2.0*: Only the parsed header value is returned, it is no longer wrapped in a tuple. * *2.0*: Function introduced. Replaces `cookie/2,3` and `cookies/1`. == Examples .Look for a specific cookie [source,erlang] ---- Cookies = cowboy_req:parse_cookies(Req), {_, Token} = lists:keyfind(token, 1, Cookies). ---- == See also link:man:cowboy_req(3)[cowboy_req(3)], link:man:cowboy_req:parse_header(3)[cowboy_req:parse_header(3)], link:man:cowboy_req:match_cookies(3)[cowboy_req:match_cookies(3)]