Expiring cookies in native NodeJS

Question

I'm trying to expire a cookie with native NodeJS, specifically for the chrome browser. However, the expiration date that I place doesn't cause the cookie to go away.

As of right now, here's my code:

var cookie = 'Expires=' + new Date();
response.setHeader('Set-Cookie', cookie);

I ended up getting cookies with the expiration date like so even after subsequent requests:

cookie: Expires=Wed Mar 22 2017 02:14:52 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Answer 1

Try This, It may work for you.

'Set-Cookie':'sesh=wakadoo; expires='+new Date(new Date().getTime()+86409000).toUTCString();
Replace sesh=wakadoo with your variable.

Answer 2

You can set cookie expires and httpOnly using the below code.

res.cookie(myCookie, myValue, { expires: new Date(Date.now()+10000), httpOnly: true };

https://expressjs.com/en/api.html#res.cookie