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CookieStore: change event

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{{securecontext_header}}{{APIRef("Cookie Store API")}}

A change event is fired at a {{domxref("CookieStore")}} object when a change is made to any cookie.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}}, or set an event handler property.

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addEventListener("change", (event) => { })

onchange = (event) => { }

Event type

A {{domxref("CookieChangeEvent")}}. Inherits from {{domxref("Event")}}.

{{InheritanceDiagram("CookieChangeEvent")}}

Examples

To be informed when a cookie has changed, you can add a handler to the cookieStore instance using {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}}, like this:

js
cookieStore.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
  console.log("1 change event");
});

Alternatively, you can use the onchange event handler property to establish a handler for the change event:

js
cookieStore.onchange = (event) => {
  console.log("1 change event");
};

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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