JQuery: retrieve object from cookies

Question

I want to store my websocket connection in cookies. I use $.cookie('ws', ws) ; in firebug ws looks like:

WebSocket {binaryType: "blob", extensions: "", protocol: "", onclose: function, onerror: null…}
    URL: "wss://localhost:5432/"
    binaryType: "blob"
    bufferedAmount: 0
    extensions: ""
    onclose: function (m) {
    onerror: null
    onmessage: function (m) {
    onopen: function () {
    protocol: ""
    readyState: 0
    url: "wss://localhost:5432/"
    __proto__: WebSocket
}

Problem:

When I get my websocket connection from cookies it looks like: [object WebSocket] and I can't pull anything from it.

Question: How can I convert [object WebSocket] to normal websocket object?

Answer 1

A cookie stores text , attempting to store an object will only store its string representation which is the useless character sequence " [object WebSocket] ".

Instead store the relevant (text) properties, read them back and reconstruct the object from scratch.