add maxage option support

pillarjs · Nov 15, 2013 · aa42bea · aa42bea
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ If the _value_ is omitted, an outbound header with an expired date is used to de
 
 If the _options_ object is provided, it will be used to generate the outbound cookie header as follows:
 
+* `maxage`: a number representing the milliseconds from `Date.now()` for expiry
 * `expires`: a `Date` object indicating the cookie's expiration date (expires at the end of session by default).
 * `path`: a string indicating the path of the cookie (`/` by default).
 * `domain`: a string indicating the domain of the cookie (no default).

diff --git a/lib/cookies.js b/lib/cookies.js
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Cookie.prototype = {
   toHeader: function() {
     var header = this.toString()
 
+    if (this.maxage) this.expires = new Date(Date.now() + this.maxage);
+
     if (this.path     ) header += "; path=" + this.path
     if (this.expires  ) header += "; expires=" + this.expires.toUTCString()
     if (this.domain   ) header += "; domain=" + this.domain