Theo's Typesafe Cult•3w ago

Access cookies in middleware?

I found two patterns to access cookies in middleware, are they equally good? 1. From https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/authentication#optimistic-checks-with-middleware-optional

export default async function middleware(req: NextRequest) {
  // ...
  const cookie = (await cookies()).get('session')?.value
  // ...
}

export default async function middleware(req: NextRequest) {
  // ...
  const cookie = (await cookies()).get('session')?.value
  // ...
}

2. From https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/routing/middleware#using-cookies

export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
  // ...
  let cookie = request.cookies.get('nextjs')
}

export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
  // ...
  let cookie = request.cookies.get('nextjs')
}

Routing: Middleware | Next.js

Learn how to use Middleware to run code before a request is completed.

Building Your Application: Authentication | Next.js

Learn how to implement authentication in your Next.js application.

Solution:

It seems that the first option is better for long term maintenance: https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/functions/cookies#good-to-know

Functions: cookies | Next.js

API Reference for the cookies function.

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Jonathan Pulido•3w ago

It seems that the first option is better for long term maintenance: https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/functions/cookies#good-to-know

Functions: cookies | Next.js

API Reference for the cookies function.

luciinOP•3w ago

You're right, thanks!

cookies is an asynchronous function that returns a promise. You must use async/await or React's use function to access cookies. In version 14 and earlier, cookies was a synchronous function. To help with backwards compatibility, you can still access it synchronously in Next.js 15, but this behavior will be deprecated in the future.

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