How to Read Cookie Value in ASP.NET?

Updated on September 20, 2015     Kisan Patel

This tutorial will explain you two different ways of reading cookie in ASP.NET website.

Method 1

Default.aspx

<asp:Button ID="btnRead1" runat="server" Text="Read Cookie - 1"
 OnClick="ReadCookie1" />

Default.aspx.cs

protected void ReadCookie1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 HttpCookie cookie = Request.Cookies["CookieKey1"];
 Response.Write(cookie.Value);
}

In method 1, we are retrieving the cookie using Request object and saving intoHttpCookie variable. The next line writes the cookie value on the page.

Method 2

Default.aspx

<asp:Button ID="btnRead2" runat="server" Text="ReadCookie - 2"
 OnClick="ReadCookie2" />

Default.aspx.cs

protected void ReadCookie2(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 Response.Write(Request.Cookies["CookieKey2"].Value);
}

In method 2, we are retrieving the cookie value using Request.Cookies collection by passing the Cookiename as parameter.

Demo

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