More powerful $cookies service

[reichart]

I want to set a cookie on the root path / so it's available everywhere on the domain.

But the $cookies service only accepts name and value, and always sets the cookie path to the current page via self.baseHref().

Could the $cookies service be extended to provide access to additional cookie properties like path, expires, domain and secure?

I quite like the API of the jquery.cookie plugin: https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie#usage. It keeps the common name=value use case simple and allows to set additional cookie properties via a third options object parameter.

I'm not very proficient in Javascript but I might try to implement something over the weekend.

[jzacsh]

Working on this (first version, I'm not worried about providing jquery's "raw" option), just updating tests now.

branch is here: jzacsh/angular.js@master...issue950_cookies

[jzacsh]

Hey, sorry I forgot to update this thread. Switched teams and don't have the time do this. Someone should take this on :-)

[eddiemonge]

any updates on this?

[solidspark]

+1 for updates and a resolution

[wkonkel]

+1 Not supporting secure cookies is a security issue and should be addressed ASAP.

[rappo]

Just added a $200 bounty to this issue: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/68135-more-powerful-cookies-service

+1

[eddiemonge]

you could always use a different library like: https://github.com/grevory/angular-local-storage

[lewisgoddard]

Would it not be possible to simply replace the existing code for cookie control with a third-party library like jQuery Cookie https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie

This plugin provides support for custom expiry dates, domain names (set example.com from sub.example.com etc), path values, and secure cookies, thus:

$.cookie('cookiename', 'cookievalue', { expires: 7, path: '/', domain: 'example.com', secure: true });

[wkonkel]

Although local-storage and jQuery both provide workarounds, this ticket is for fixing the core issue within AngularJS so workarounds aren't necessary.

[eddiemonge]

angular-cookies is no longer 'core'. its more of a Angular team supported plugin now.

[Narretz]

+1

[bwdolphin]

+1 - for reference this seems to work pretty well - https://github.com/ivpusic/angular-cookie - but I still think this should be part of the included Angular cookie plugin.

[johannesjo]

+1