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**webdev1958** · Aug 22, 2011, 07:09 AM

sample code to set, read and delete cookies

**Maxime** · Aug 22, 2011, 08:19 AM

thanks. So now i have something like this

Code:

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

function getCookies ()
{
readCookie(counter1)
readCookie(counter2)
}

function setCookies ()
{
createCookie(counter1, count, 14)
createCookie(counter2, note, 14)
}

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad="getCookies()" onUnload="setCookies()"
</body>
</html>

but how do I set count (was c, changed its name to count because there was already a c in the code, and I didn't feel like messing with it) and note as the value of the cookies called counter1 and counter2?

**Maxime** · Sep 4, 2011, 08:56 AM

Ok, figured out how it worked. Had to reload the extension every time I changed the manifest and/or background page. and then I ended up using localStorage (it was a lot easier to use and access. Otherwise, thanks for your kind 7 words of answer, and your attentionate replies to all of my questions.

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