storage.StorageArea

StorageArea is an object representing a storage area.

Type

Values of this type are objects.

Methods

storage.StorageArea.get()
Retrieves one or more items from the storage area.
storage.StorageArea.getBytesInUse()
Gets the amount of storage space (in bytes) used one or more items being stored in the storage area.
storage.StorageArea.set()
Stores one or more items in the storage area. If an item already exists, its value will be updated.
storage.StorageArea.remove()
Removes one or more items from the storage area.
storage.StorageArea.clear()
Removes all items from the storage area.

Browser compatibility

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StorageArea
clear
get
getBytesInUse
remove
set

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See implementation notes.

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.storage API. This documentation is derived from storage.json in the Chromium code.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.