HTTP Cookie Agent

Allows cookies with every Node.js HTTP clients (e.g. Node.js global fetch, undici, axios, node-fetch).

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
  • Supported libraries
  • Using with another Agent library
• Contributing
• License

Install

npm install http-cookie-agent tough-cookie

Usage

See also examples for more details.

Supported libraries

Library	Supported?
Node.js global fetch	✅
undici	✅
node:http	✅
node:https	✅
axios	✅
node-fetch	✅
got	✅ *1
superagent	✅ *1
request	✅ *1
needle	✅
phin	✅
@hapi/wrech	✅
urllib	✅
Bun global fetch	❌ *2
Deno global fetch	❌ *2

*1: This library supports cookies by default. You may not need http-cookie-agent.

*2: There have proprietary fetch implementation and is not currently supported.

Node.js global fetch

When you want to use Node.js global fetch, you should install undici additionally.

Node.js version	undici version
v23	npm install undici@6
v22	npm install undici@6
v20	npm install undici@6

import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { CookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici/v6';

const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new CookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });

await fetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher: agent });

undici

import { fetch } from 'undici';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { CookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici';

const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new CookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });

await fetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher: agent });

Alternatively, http-cookie-agent can be used as interceptors. In this case, the cookie() must be placed at the beginning of the interceptors.

import { fetch, interceptors } from 'undici';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { cookie } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici';

const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new Agent()
  .compose(cookie({ jar }))
  .compose(interceptors.retry())
  .compose(interceptors.redirect({ maxRedirections: 3 }));

await fetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher: agent });

node:http / node:https

import https from 'node:https';

import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });

https.get('https://example.com', { agent }, (res) => {
  // ...
});

axios

import axios from 'axios';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();

const client = axios.create({
  httpAgent: new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
  httpsAgent: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
});

await client.get('https://example.com');

node-fetch

import fetch from 'node-fetch';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();

const httpAgent = new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });
const httpsAgent = new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });

await fetch('https://example.com', {
  agent: ({ protocol }) => {
    return protocol === 'https:' ? httpsAgent : httpAgent;
  },
});

got

⚠️ got supports cookies by default. You may not need http-cookie-agent.

See https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/tree/v11.8.2#cookies.

import got from 'got';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();

const client = got.extend({
  agent: {
    http: new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
    https: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
  },
});

await client('https://example.com');

superagent

⚠️ superagent supports cookies by default. You may not need http-cookie-agent.

See https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent/blob/v6.1.0/docs/index.md#saving-cookies.

import superagent from 'superagent';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { MixedCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();
const mixedAgent = new MixedCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });

const client = superagent.agent().use((req) => req.agent(mixedAgent));

await client.get('https://example.com');

request

⚠️ request supports cookies by default. You may not need http-cookie-agent.

See https://github.com/request/request/tree/v2.88.1#examples.

import request from 'request';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { MixedCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();

const client = request.defaults({
  agent: new MixedCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
});

client.get('https://example.com', (_err, _res) => {
  // ...
});

needle

import needle from 'needle';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { MixedCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();

await needle('get', 'https://example.com', {
  agent: new MixedCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
});

phin

import phin from 'phin';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { MixedCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();

await phin({
  url: 'https://example.com',
  core: {
    agent: new MixedCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
  },
});

@hapi/wreck

import Wreck from '@hapi/wreck';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { HttpCookieAgent, HttpsCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const jar = new CookieJar();

const client = Wreck.defaults({
  agents: {
    http: new HttpCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
    https: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
    httpsAllowUnauthorized: new HttpsCookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } }),
  },
});

await client.get('https://example.com');

urllib

import { request, setGlobalDispatcher } from 'urllib';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { CookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici';

const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new CookieAgent({ cookies: { jar } });
setGlobalDispatcher(agent);

await request('https://example.com');

Using with another Agent library

If you want to use another Agent library, wrap the agent in createCookieAgent.

import https from 'node:https';

import { HttpsAgent as KeepAliveAgent } from 'agentkeepalive';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { createCookieAgent } from 'http-cookie-agent/http';

const Agent = createCookieAgent(KeepAliveAgent);

const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new Agent({ cookies: { jar } });

https.get('https://example.com', { agent }, (res) => {
  // ...
});

undici

If you want to use another undici Agent library, use cookie with the compose method.

import { fetch, ProxyAgent } from 'undici';
import { CookieJar } from 'tough-cookie';
import { cookie } from 'http-cookie-agent/undici';

const jar = new CookieJar();
const agent = new ProxyAgent({
  /* ... */
}).compose(cookie({ jar }));

await fetch('https://example.com', { dispatcher: agent });

Contributing

PRs accepted.

License

MIT (c) 3846masa