Simplified Javascript Cookie Value Capture

Question

To accomplish my work I need to capture in a simplified way the values present in the First Cookie and Second Cookie. The value of each of these cookies is a variable web path (in Primerocaminho is where the main window points; in Second Path is where an accessory window, a <iframe>, points). The intention is to store information from where the user has been and, when he returns to http://www.meusite.com it will be returned exactly on the pages where it stopped, both main and accessory.

To create the cookie I am using:

<script language="javascript">
    document.cookie = 'PrimeiroCaminho=' + window.location + '; expires=Mon, 21 Nov 2078 12:00:00 UTC; path=/';
</script>

For cookie reading this was my first attempt...

<script language="javascript">
    var re = new RegExp(PrimeiroCaminho + "=");
    var value = re.exec(document.cookie);
    return (value != null) ? decodeURI(value[1]) : null);
    var str = getCookie("PrimeiroCaminho");
    if (str.match(/html/)) {
        document.write ("<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='3;' + getCookie('PrimeiroCaminho') + ' />");
        }
    else if {
        document.write ("<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='4;http://www.meusite.com/' />");
        }
</script>

...and this is my second, which I believe is closer to the right...

<script language="javascript">
    var user = getCookie("PrimeiroCaminho");
    var name = PrimeiroCaminho + "=";
    var decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);
    var ca = decodedCookie.split(';');
    for(var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
        var c = ca[i];
        while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {
            c = c.substring(1);
            }
        if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {
            document.write ("<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='3;' + return c.substring(name.length, c.length) + ' />");
            }
        }
        else if {
            document.write ("<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='4;http://www.meusite.com/' />");
            }
</script>

...but I haven’t had any success yet. The intention, relative to the main window, is for the command to respect this dynamic that if the First Cookie exists, redirect (through <meta> timed in 3s) the user for the value stored in the First Cookie, but, if this First Cookie did not exist, redirect (through <meta> timed in 4s) the user to http://www.meusite.com/.

Regarding the accessory window the schema would be the same. Everything in a very simple way. Thank those who can help this curious poor in javascript.

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I’ve been digging a lot into the code and found this solution, which was not quite what I wanted (no timer; the method forces me to keep folders and subfolders with the same number of characters so that the slice always work at the right point; the method forces me to hide in the cookie some código to be able to be checked) but it worked for what I wanted:

<script language="javascript">
    var cookiecontent = document.cookie.slice(9, 81);
    var str = cookiecontent;
    if (str.match(/código/)) {
        location.href = PrimeiroCaminho;
        }
    else if (str.length == 0) {
        location.href = "http://www.meusite.com/";
        }
</script>

If someone eventually thinks of a solution, be sure to post!

Answer 1

By adapting the code of the solution next to what you want, you can use the split to catch the last occurrence of / and the timer can be added with setTimeout:

setTimeout(function() {
  var partes = document.cookie.split('/');
  var cookiecontent = partes(partes.length - 2);
  var str = cookiecontent;

  if (str === 'código')) {
    location.href = encodeURIComponent(PrimeiroCaminho);
  } else if (str.length == 0) {
    location.href = "http://www.meusite.com/";
  }
}, 4000);