save localstorage javascript code example

Example 1: javascript store object in local storage

var person = { "name": "billy", "age": 23};

localStorage.setItem('person', JSON.stringify(person)); //stringify object and store
var retrievedPerson = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('person')); //retrieve the object

Example 2: save to local storage

localStorage.setItem('myCat', 'Tom');

var cat = localStorage.getItem('myCat');

localStorage.removeItem('myCat');

// Clear all items
localStorage.clear();

Example 3: save to local storage

localStorage.setItem('myCat', 'Tom');

Example 4: javascript save data to local storage

// Store
localStorage.lastname = "Smith";
// Retrieve
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = localStorage.lastname;
// Remove
localStorage.removeItem("lastname");

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

Example 6: set localstorage value

localStorage.setItem("mytime", Date.now());