Javascript document.cookie always returns empty string

HttpOnly cookies cannot be accessed from Javascript and session cookies are usually set as HttpOnly cookies. See also this StackOverflow question: How to read a secure cookie using JavaScript

So... check whether the cookie you want to read has the 'HttpOnly' flag set... If so, you know the culprit. It's not a bug, it's a feature!

You can't set cookies by the look of things if its not running in a web server.

file:///C:/Users/me/Desktop/demo/demo.html

however:

http://localhost/demo/demo.html works.

This worked for me when ran from localhost, running chrome 28.0.1472.0 canary:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>localhost cookie</title>
</head>
<body>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    console.log(document.cookie);
    var myCookie = "mycookie=hellocookie";
    document.cookie = myCookie;
  </script>
</body>
</html>

Run it in a server, visit the page and look at your cookie store, refresh the page and look at your console.

It did not set a cookie when opened as a file but worked every time when opened from the server.

Javascript document.cookie always returns empty string

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