Cookie Consent

The most popular solution to the EU cookie law for Rails applications. Cookie Consent is a free JavaScript plugin for alerting users about the use of cookies on your website. For more information visit: https://cookieconsent.insites.com

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'cookieconsent'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install cookieconsent

Run the installation generator:

$ bundle exec rails g cookieconsent:install

Or manually add in application.js:

//= require cookieconsent

And in application.css:

*= require cookieconsent

Usage

Add js snippet to your views/layouts/application.html.erb file before </head>

###Select palette:

Light blue

<script>
window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  "palette": {
    "popup": {
      "background": "#eaf7f7",
      "text": "#5c7291"
    },
    "button": {
      "background": "#56cbdb",
      "text": "#ffffff"
    }
  },
  "content": {
    "message": "This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.",
    "dismiss": "Got it!",
    "link": "Learn more",
    "href": "http://cookies.insites.com/about-cookies"
  }
})});
</script>

Dark yellow

<script>
window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  "palette": {
    "popup": {
      "background": "#000"
    },
    "button": {
      "background": "#f1d600"
    }
  },
  "content": {
    "message": "This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.",
    "dismiss": "Got it!",
    "link": "Learn more",
    "href": "http://cookies.insites.com/about-cookies"
  }
})});
</script>

Dark blue

<script>
window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  "palette": {
    "popup": {
      "background": "#252e39"
    },
    "button": {
      "background": "#14a7d0"
    }
  },
  "content": {
    "message": "This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.",
    "dismiss": "Got it!",
    "link": "Learn more",
    "href": "http://cookies.insites.com/about-cookies"
  }
})});
</script>

Gray blue

<script>
window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  "palette": {
    "popup": {
      "background": "#edeff5",
      "text": "#838391"
    },
    "button": {
      "background": "#4b81e8"
    }
  },
  "content": {
    "message": "This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.",
    "dismiss": "Got it!",
    "link": "Learn more",
    "href": "http://cookies.insites.com/about-cookies"
  }
})});
</script>

Gray green

<script>
window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  "palette": {
    "popup": {
      "background": "#efefef",
      "text": "#404040"
    },
    "button": {
      "background": "#8ec760",
      "text": "#ffffff"
    }
  },
  "content": {
    "message": "This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.",
    "dismiss": "Got it!",
    "link": "Learn more",
    "href": "http://cookies.insites.com/about-cookies"
  }
})});
</script>

Select theme

Theme layouts are: "classic"; "edgeless"; block by default and no need to add theme.

window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  ....
  "theme": "classic",
  ....
})});

Select position

Positions are: "top"; "bottom-right"; "bottom-left"; and top (pushdown) add "position": true ; bottom is by default, no need to add position if it is bottom.

window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  ....
  "position": "top",
  "static": true /* if top (pushdown) only */
  ....
})});

Compliance Type

1. Just tell users that we use cookies

• You tell your users that you use cookies, and that by continuing to use your website they accept them.

2. Let users opt out of cookies (Advanced)

• You tell your users that you use cookies, and give them one button to disable cookies, and another to dismiss the message.

3. Ask users to opt into cookies (Advanced)

• You tell your users that you wish to use cookies, and give them one button to enable cookies, and another to refuse them.

window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  ....
  "type": "opt-out",
  "content": {
    "deny": "Refuse cookies"
  }
  ....
})});

window.addEventListener("load", function(){
window.cookieconsent.initialise({
  ....
  "type": "opt-in",
  "content": {
    "allow": "Allow cookies"
  }
  ....
})});

References

For more information please visit https://cookieconsent.insites.com/documentation/about-cookie-consent/ cookieconsent.js currently v 3.0.3

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/frizbee/cookieconsent. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.