Provides a Storage object specific to the current top-level browsing context. The storage will be cleared after a browser restart. If you need a persistent storage, use apis/web-storage/Storage/localStorage.
Property of apis/web-storage/Storageapis/web-storage/Storage
SyntaxNote: This property is read-only.
var result = object.sessionStorage;
Return Value
Returns an object of type ObjectObject
Examples
var valueSetHandler = function () {
var key = document.getElementById('key').value,
value = document.getElementById('value').value;
window.sessionStorage.setItem(key, value);
},
valueGetHandler = function () {
var key = document.getElementById('get-key').value,
value = window.sessionStorage.getItem(key);
document.getElementById('output').innerText = value;
},
clearStorageHandler = function () {
window.sessionStorage.clear();
};
document.getElementById('set-local').addEventListener('click', valueSetHandler);
document.getElementById('get-local').addEventListener('click', valueGetHandler);
document.getElementById('clear').addEventListener('click', clearStorageHandler);
<section>
<label for="key">Key:</label>
<input type="text" id="key" value="c3po">
<br>
<label for="value">Value:</label>
<input type="text" id="value" value="R2-D2">
<br>
<button type="button" id="set-local">Save to sessionStorage</button>
</section>
<hr>
<section>
<label for="get-key">Key:</label>
<input type="text" id="get-key" value="c3po">
<button type="button" id="get-local">Get from sessionStorage</button>
<output id="output"></output>
</section>
<hr>
<section>
<button type="button" id="clear">Clear sessionStorage</button>
</section>
Usage
Use the methods setItem, getItem, removeItem and clear defined in apis/web-storage/Storage
Notes
The sessionStorage “property” provides an instance of a storage area object, to which the Storage object’s properties and methods are applied.
The amount of storage in sessionStorage is limited by a quota by the browser. See an example error for when the quota is exceed: http://jsfiddle.net/wkDc6/1/
Related specificationsMicrosoft Developer Network: Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article
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