Web storage

Web storage, sometimes known as DOM storage (Document Object Model storage), is a standard JavaScript API provided by web browsers. It enables websites to store persistent data on users' devices similar to cookies, but with much larger capacity[1] and no information sent in HTTP headers.[2] There are two main web storage types: local storage and session storage, behaving similarly to persistent cookies and session cookies respectively. Web Storage is standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)[3] and WHATWG,[4] and is supported by all major browsers.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference dev-opera-ws was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hume, Andy (2011-03-24). "localStorage is not cookies". andyhume.net. Archived from the original on 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ^ Hickson, Ian, ed. (2021-01-28). "Web Storage (Second Edition)". W3C. Web Platform Working Group. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. ^ WHATWG. "HTML Standard § 12 Web storage". html.spec.whatwg.org. Retrieved 2021-05-14.

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