Save Javascript objects in sessionStorage

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SessionStorage and LocalStorage allows to save key value pairs in a web browser  The value must be a string  and save js objects is not trivial   var user     name   John    sessionStorage setItem  user   user   var obj   sessionStorage user     obj   object Object   Not an object   Nowadays  you can avoid this limitation by serializing objects to JSON  and then deserializing them to recover the objects  But the Storage API always pass through the setItem and getItem methods   sessionStorage setItem  user   JSON stringify user    var obj   JSON parse sessionStorage getItem  user        An object  D   Can I avoid this limitation   I just want to execute something like this   sessionStorage user name      John  sessionStorage user name    Mary   sessionStorage user name     Mary    I have tried the defineGetter and defineSetter methods to intercept the calls but its a tedious job  because I have to define all properties and my target is not to know the future properties

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Use case   sesssionStorage setObj 1  date Date now   action  save firstObject      sesssionStorage setObj 2  date Date now   action  save 2nd object         Query first object   sesssionStorage getObj 1      Retrieve date created of 2nd object   new Date sesssionStorage getObj 1  date   API Storage prototype setObj   function key  obj             return this setItem key  JSON stringify obj                   Storage prototype getObj   function key            return JSON parse this getItem key

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You can create 2 wrapper methods for saving and retrieving object from session storage   function saveSession obj      sessionStorage setItem  myObj   JSON stringify obj      return true     function getSession       var obj         if  typeof sessionStorage myObj      undefined         obj   JSON parse sessionStorage myObj         return obj      Use it like this - Get object  modify some data  and save back   var obj   getSession     obj newProperty    Prod   saveSession obj

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var user     name   John        sessionStorage  user     JSON stringify user       console log sessionStorage  user

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Session storage cannot support an arbitrary object because it may contain function literals  read closures  which cannot be reconstructed after a page reload

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Either you can use the accessors provided by the Web Storage API or you could write a wrapper adapter  From your stated issue with defineGetter defineSetter is sounds like writing a wrapper adapter is too much work for you   I honestly don t know what to tell you  Maybe you could reevaluate your opinion of what is a  ridiculous limitation   The Web Storage API is just what it s supposed to be  a key value store

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Could you not  stringify  your object   then use sessionStorage setItem   to store that string representation of your object   then when you need it sessionStorage getItem   and then use   parseJSON   to get it back out   Working example http   jsfiddle net pKXMa

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This is a dynamic solution which works with all value types including objects     class Session extends Map     set id  value        if  typeof value      object   value   JSON stringify value       sessionStorage setItem id  value          get id        const value   sessionStorage getItem id       try         return JSON parse value         catch  e          return value                Then     const session   new Session     session set  name    first   Ahmed   last    Toumi     session get  name

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You could also use the store library which performs it for you with crossbrowser ability   example       Store current user store set  user     name  Marcus         Get current user store get  user       Remove current user store remove  user       Clear all keys store clearAll       Loop over all stored values store each function value  key        console log key        value

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The solution is to stringify the object before calling setItem on the sessionStorage   var user     name   John    sessionStorage setItem  user   JSON stringify user    var obj   JSON parse sessionStorage user

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