How to set cookie in Javascript and fetch it in jsp

Question

I am very confused how to set cookie in Javascript and than fetch it in jsp, I have tried a lot but all im vain

Answer 1

js code to add cookie

document.cookie = "username=Chirag; expires=Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:00:00 UTC; path=/";

and to retrive cookie add this to your jsp code

<%
    Cookie[] cookies = request.getCookies();
    String username = null;
    for(Cookie cookie : cookies) {
        if("username".equals(cookie.getName())){
            username = cookie.getValue();
        }
    }
%>

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