shared-session-storage

Multi-tab sessionStorage

Installing

npm install session-storage-plus

Usage

var sessionStoragePlus = require('session-storage-plus');

sessionStoragePlus.setItem('key');

sessionStoragePlus.getItem('key', function(value) {
  if (value == null) {
    console.log('Oh no, it’s not defined!');
  } else {
    console.log('Successfully retrieved:', value);
  }
});

sessionStoragePlus.removeItem('key');

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getItem(key, [timeout=20], callback)

Retrieve a the value of a key, from the current window or any others available. Call callback with this value. Calls callback with undefined if unavailable.

Arguments

key (String, required)

The key to retrieve.

timeout (Number, optional)

When the timeout is reached, undefined will be returned. If not specified, the timeout will be 20ms. From testing, the message response time never exceeded 4ms.

callback (Function, required)

Function to be called when a result is available. Should take a single argument value.

setItem(key, value)

Set the value of key across all open windows. Current window is syncronous, while others will be asyncronous.

Arguments

key (String, required)

The key to set.

value (String, optional*)

The value to set.

Note: *If blank, null or undefined, the functionality will be equivalent to removeItem

removeItem(key)

Remove the value of key across all open windows. Current window is asyncronous, while others will be asyncronous.

Arguments

key (String, required)

The key to remove.

Dependencies

None!

This is a simple package and it should always remain that way.