node.js - Can I access a cookie from Socket.io?

Question

I want to set some user information in a cookie and be able to access it on connection, is this possible?

Answer 1

Using Socket.IO 0.8.7, you can access request headers via:

socket.handshake.headers

You can find more detail on this at https://github.com/LearnBoost/socket.io/wiki/Authorizing