JavaScript Helpers

Read cookie

This function reads a cookie from the visitor's browser and returns the value.

Example Javascript

/*
 * Usage
 *    This function will return the value of the cookie name passed in as the argument.
 *
 *  @param {String} name - The name of the cookie.
 */

 var getCookie = function(name) {
   var match = document.cookie.match(name+'=([^;]*)');
   return match ? match[1] : undefined;
 };