Firefox extension: how to read a cookie name and value on the current page

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Published on 2010-05-11T07:40:58Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 12:14 UTC
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My extension works on an application, which requires user login. Once the user has logged in, I need to read the cookies and use them in my XMLHttpRequests. So initially I need to check if the cookie is set, if not, I direct the user to the login page. Once logged in, I need to read the cookies and send it as part of my further requests.

How do I read cookies from a XMLHttpRequest or otherwise (if we don't even know the name of the cookie)

There is to function as getRequestHeader.. but what I need is something like that.

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