# Read a cookie on page load

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/read-a-cookie-on-page-load/1740>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Created:** [January 22, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/read-a-cookie-on-page-load/1740 "2023-01-22T21:07:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/read-a-cookie-on-page-load/1740/5 "2023-01-23T13:01:41Z")

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Thanks Alexis,

If I can describe the use case further, when an existing user makes a return visit to my website after closing the browser, I wanted to be able to know (on page load) that this is an existing user and apply some conditional logic.

Are variables in local storage automatically initialized on page load?

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