jQuery $.cookie is not a function

Question

I am trying to set a cookie using jQuery:

$.cookie(\"testCookie\", \"hello\");
alert($.cookie(\"testCookie\"));

But when I load my page, I

Answer 1

I had this problem as well. I found out that having a $(document).ready function that included a $.cookie in a script tag inside body while having cookie js load in the head BELOW jquery as intended resulted in $(document).ready beeing processed before the cookie plugin could finish loading.

I moved the cookie plugin load script in the body before the $(document).ready script and the error disappeared :D

Answer 2

Here are all the possible problems/solutions I have come across:

1. Download the cookie plugin

$.cookie is not a standard jQuery function and the plugin needs to be downloaded here. Make sure to include the appropriate <script> tag where necessary (see next).

2. Include jQuery before the cookie plugin

When including the cookie script, make sure to include jQuery FIRST, then the cookie plugin.

<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-2.0.3.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery_cookie.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

3. Don't include jQuery more than once

This was my problem. Make sure you aren't including jQuery more than once. If you are, it is possible that:

1. jQuery loads correctly.
2. The cookie plugin loads correctly.
3. Your second inclusion of jQuery overwrites the first and destroys the cookie plugin.

For anyone using ASP.Net MVC projects, be careful with the default javascript bundle inclusions. My second inclusion of jQuery was within one of my global layout pages under the line @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery").

4. Rename the plugin file to not include ".cookie"

In some rare cases, renaming the file to something that does NOT include ".cookie" has fixed this error, apparently due to web server issues. By default, the downloaded script is titled "jquery.cookie.js" but try renaming it to something like "jquery_cookie.js" as shown above. More details on this problem are here.

Answer 3

The old version of jQuery Cookie has been deprecated, so if you're getting the error:

$.cookie is not a function

you should upgrade to the new version.

The API for the new version is also different - rather than using

$.cookie("yourCookieName");

you should use

Cookies.get("yourCookieName");

Answer 4

add this cookie plugin for jquery.

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-cookie/1.4.1/jquery.cookie.min.js"></script>

Answer 5

You should add first jquery.cookie.js then add your js or jQuery where you are using that function.

When browser loads the webpage first it loads this jquery.cookie.js and after then you js or jQuery and now that function is available for use

Answer 6

Check that you included the script in header and not in footer of the page. Particularly in WordPress this one didn't work:

wp_register_script('cookie', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/jquery.cookie.js', array(), false, true);

The last parameter indicates including the script in footer and needed to be changed to false (default). The way it worked:

wp_register_script('cookie', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/jquery.cookie.js');