javascript use local storage code example

Example 1: store data in localstorage javascript

var testObject = { 'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3 };

// Put the object into storage
localStorage.setItem('testObject', JSON.stringify(testObject));

// Retrieve the object from storage
var retrievedObject = localStorage.getItem('testObject');

console.log('retrievedObject: ', JSON.parse(retrievedObject));

Example 2: 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 3: local storage javascript

localStorage.setItem('user_name', 'Rohit'); //store a key/value
var retrievedUsername = localStorage.getItem('user_name'); //retrieve the key

Example 4: javascript get local storage

var Item = localStorage.getItem('youritem');

Example 5: how to get data from localstorage in javascript

//localStorage is an object, so values are stored by key name
//data from localStorage is always stored in strings
//usually the values at each key are stringified objects in JSON format, therefore we must parse them
var data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("key name"));//make sure the "key name" exists in the localStorage