simpleStorage

Cross-browser key-value store database to store data locally in the browser.

simpleStorage is a fork of jStorage that only includes the minimal set of features. Basically it is a wrapper for native JSON + localStorage with some TTL magic mixed in.

The module has no dependencies, you can use it as a standalone script (introduces simpleStorage global) or as an AMD module. All modern browsers (including mobile) are supported, older browsers (IE7, Firefox 3) are not.

simpleStorage is very small - about 1kB in size when minimized and gzipped.

Install

Quickest way to get up and running woulr be to use jsDelivr CDN:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/simplestorage/0.2.1/simpleStorage.min.js"></script>

Otherwise you can download simpleStorage.js or install it with bower:

bower install simpleStorage

and include the following script in your web application: bower_components/simpleStorage/simpleStorage.js

or install with npm

npm install simplestorage.js

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Usage

simpleStorage API is a subset of jStorage with slight modifications, so for most cases it should work out of the box if you are converting from jStorage. Main difference is between return values - if an action failed because of an error (storage full, storage not available, invalid data used etc.), you get the error object as the return value. jStorage never indicated anything if an error occurred.

Possible error codes (from err.code):

• "LS_NOT_AVAILABLE" means that localStorage is not supported by this browser
• "LS_DISABLE" means that localStorage is supported by this browser but it can't be used for whatever reason (privacy mode, manual disabling etc.)
• "LS_QUOTA_EXCEEDED" means that the allocated quota for localStorage is all used up or would be if current value is stored
• anything else, no idea

set(key, value[, options])

Store or update a value in local storage.

simpleStorage.set(key, value[, options])

Where

• key - the key for the value
• value - value to be stored (can be any JSONeable value)
• options - optional options object. Currently the only available option is TTL which sets the time-to-live (TTL) value in milliseconds for the given key/value

// the following entry expires in 100 seconds
simpleStorage.set(key, value, {TTL: 100000})

Return values

• true - value was stored
• false - value was not stored
• Error object - value was not stored because of an error. See error.code for explanation

get(key)

Retrieve a value from local storage.

value = simpleStorage.get(key)

Where

• key - the key to be retrieved

Method returns the value for a key or undefined if the key was not found.

hasKey(key)

Checks if there's a value with the given key in the local storage.

simpleStorage.hasKey(key)

Where

• key - the key to be checked

Method returns true if the given key exists, false otherwise.

deleteKey(key)

Removes a value from local storage.

simpleStorage.deleteKey(key)

Return values

• true - value was deleted
• false - value was not found
• Error object - value was not deleted because of an error. See error.code for explanation

setTTL(key, ttl)

Set a millisecond timeout. When the timeout is reached, the key is removed automatically from local storage.

simpleStorage.setTTL(key, ttl)

Where

• key - the key to be updated
• ttl - timeout in milliseconds. If the value is 0, timeout is cleared from the key

Return values

• true - ttl was set
• false - value was not found
• Error object - ttl was not set because of an error. See error.code for explanation

getTTL(key)

Retrieve remaining milliseconds for a key with TTL

ttl = simpleStorage.getTTL(key)

Where

• key - the key to be checked

Return values

• finite number - remaining milliseconds
• Infinity - TTL is not set for the selected key
• false - selected key does not exist or is expired

flush()

Clear all values

simpleStorage.flush()

Return values

• true - storage was flushed
• Error object - storage was not flushed because of an error. See error.code for explanation

index()

Retrieve all used keys as an array

list = simpleStorage.index()

Returns an array of keys.

storageSize()

Get used storage in symbol count

simpleStorage.storageSize()

canUse()

Check if local storage can be used

simpleStorage.canUse()

Returns true if storage is available

Demo

See demo here.

Tests

See QUnit tests here.

License

Unlicense