save an object in localstorage 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: how to store objects in localstorage

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 3: save object in localstorage shows [object Object]

Looking at the Apple, Mozilla and Mozilla again documentation, the functionality seems to be limited to handle only string key/value pairs.

A workaround can be to stringify your object before storing it, and later parse it when you retrieve it:

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));