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Why is `cookies()` not available in client components?

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White-tailed Tropicbird posted this in #help-forum
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White-tailed TropicbirdOP
NextJS 13 added the new cookies() function so you can read user cookies server-side, but afaik there's no native way of setting the cookies client side (?)
Am I missing something or should I just use packages like cookies-next to set cookies client side?
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Am I missing something or should I just use packages like cookies-next to set cookies client side?
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joulev
Am I missing something or should I just use packages like cookies-next to set cookies client side?
yes
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White-tailed TropicbirdOP
yes, as in I should use cookies-next?
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joulev
yes
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White-tailed TropicbirdOP
Okay thanks!