Checking for cookie: SyntaxError: Unexpected token u - angularjs

Question

I'm trying to see whether a cookie key is set:
if ($cookieStore.get('user')){
$scope.session.user = $cookieStore.get('user');
console.log($scope.session.user);
}
An I get the error on the first line. This looks simple, so what am I doing wrong?
Full error:
SyntaxError: Unexpected token u
at Object.parse (native)
at Object.fromJson (http://localhost:8000/vendor/angular/angular.js:1139:14)
at Object.get (http://localhost:8000/vendor/angular/angular-cookies/angular-cookies.js:172:34)
at new <anonymous> (http://localhost:8000/js/main.js:44:33)
at invoke (http://localhost:8000/vendor/angular/angular.js:3966:17)
at Object.instantiate (http://localhost:8000/vendor/angular/angular.js:3977:23)
at http://localhost:8000/vendor/angular/angular.js:7281:28
at http://localhost:8000/vendor/angular/angular.js:6670:34
at forEach (http://localhost:8000/vendor/angular/angular.js:332:20)
at nodeLinkFn (http://localhost:8000/vendor/angular/angular.js:6657:11)

Answer 1

This was asked a year ago, but I just got the same error today.
All I did to resolve this was basically to clear my browser's cookies, and the error went away.