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+# cookie
+
+[![NPM Version][npm-image]][npm-url]
+[![NPM Downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url]
+[![Node.js Version][node-version-image]][node-version-url]
+[![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url]
+[![Test Coverage][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url]
+
+cookie is a basic cookie parser and serializer. It doesn't make assumptions about how you are going to deal with your cookies. It basically just provides a way to read and write the HTTP cookie headers.
+
+See [RFC6265](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265) for details about the http header for cookies.
+
+## how?
+
+```
+npm install cookie
+```
+
+```javascript
+var cookie = require('cookie');
+
+var hdr = cookie.serialize('foo', 'bar');
+// hdr = 'foo=bar';
+
+var cookies = cookie.parse('foo=bar; cat=meow; dog=ruff');
+// cookies = { foo: 'bar', cat: 'meow', dog: 'ruff' };
+```
+
+## more
+
+The serialize function takes a third parameter, an object, to set cookie options. See the RFC for valid values.
+
+### path
+> cookie path
+
+### expires
+> absolute expiration date for the cookie (Date object)
+
+### maxAge
+> relative max age of the cookie from when the client receives it (seconds)
+
+### domain
+> domain for the cookie
+
+### secure
+> true or false
+
+### httpOnly
+> true or false
+
+## License
+
+[MIT](LICENSE)
+
+[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/cookie.svg
+[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/cookie
+[node-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/node/v/cookie.svg
+[node-version-url]: http://nodejs.org/download/
+[travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/jshttp/cookie/master.svg
+[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/jshttp/cookie
+[coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/jshttp/cookie/master.svg
+[coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/jshttp/cookie?branch=master
+[downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/cookie.svg
+[downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/cookie