What JavaScript command can be used to get the cookie values from the DOM

June 28, 2026

Use document.cookie to read cookie values from the page. It returns all accessible cookies as a single string of name=value pairs separated by semicolons, which you can then parse for a specific cookie.

Example

javascript

console.log(document.cookie);

Get one cookie by name

javascript

function getCookie(name) {
  const cookies = document.cookie.split('; ');
  const found = cookies.find(row => row.startsWith(name + '='));
  return found ? found.split('=').slice(1).join('=') : null;
}

Important note

Cookies marked HttpOnly cannot be read from JavaScript, so they will not appear through document.cookie.

TL;DR: the JavaScript command is document.cookie.