---
title: getShopifyCookies
description: Parses cookie string and returns Shopify cookies. For tracking values, consider using `getTrackingValues` instead, which reads from modern Shopify cookies.
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: hydrogen
source_url:
html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/hydrogen/latest/utilities/getshopifycookies
md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/hydrogen/latest/utilities/getshopifycookies.md
---
# getShopifyCookies
Parses cookie string and returns Shopify cookies. For tracking values, consider using `getTrackingValues` instead, which reads from modern Shopify cookies.
## getShopifyCookies(**[cookies](#getshopifycookies-propertydetail-cookies)**)
If the Shopify cookies doesn't exist, this method will return empty string for each missing cookie.
### Parameters
* **cookies**
**string**
**required**
### Returns
* **ShopifyCookies**
### ### ShopifyCookies
* **\_shopify\_s**
**string**
Shopify session token: Value of `_shopify_s` cookie.
* **\_shopify\_y**
**string**
Shopify unique user token: Value of `_shopify_y` cookie.
### ShopifyCookies
* \_shopify\_s
Shopify session token: Value of \`\_shopify\_s\` cookie.
```ts
string
```
* \_shopify\_y
Shopify unique user token: Value of \`\_shopify\_y\` cookie.
```ts
string
```
## ShopifyCookies
Shopify cookies names
* **\_shopify\_s**
**string**
**required**
Shopify session token: Value of `_shopify_s` cookie.
* **\_shopify\_y**
**string**
**required**
Shopify unique user token: Value of `_shopify_y` cookie.
Examples
### Examples
* #### Example code
##### Description
I am the default example
##### JavaScript
```jsx
import * as React from 'react';
import {useEffect} from 'react';
import {getShopifyCookies} from '@shopify/hydrogen';
export default function App({Component, pageProps}) {
useEffect(() => {
getShopifyCookies(document.cookie);
});
return ;
}
```
##### TypeScript
```tsx
import * as React from 'react';
import {useEffect} from 'react';
import {getShopifyCookies} from '@shopify/hydrogen';
export default function App({Component, pageProps}) {
useEffect(() => {
getShopifyCookies(document.cookie);
});
return ;
}
```
## Related
[Hook - useShopifyCookies](https://shopify.dev/api/hydrogen/hooks/useShopifyCookies)
[Utility - getTrackingValues](https://shopify.dev/api/hydrogen/utilities/getTrackingValues)