local storage in web browser code example

Example 1: local storage javascript

function createItem() {
	localStorage.setItem('nameOfItem', 'value'); 
} 
createItem() // Creates a item named 'nameOfItem' and stores a value of 'value'

function getValue() {
	return localStorage.getItem('nameOfItem');  
} // Gets the value of 'nameOfItem' and returns it
console.log(getValue()); //'value';

Example 2: localstorage

// using in HTML5 (frontend)

// set
localStorage.setItem('users', 'vilh'); 

users = [
	{
    	id: 1,
        name: 'vilh',
    },
    {
    	id: 2,
        name: 'zidane'
    },
]

// set string 
localStorage.setItem('users', users);	// stored objects
localStorage.setItem('users', JSON.stringify(users));	// stored string

// get
var retrievedUsername = localStorage.getItem('users');