Better format to keep data in local storage

Question

My question is quite simple.

I'm saving the data to local storage as string with JSON.stringify(data_object) and using JSON.parse(loaded_data) after load it back.

What is the best way to keep data on local storage? Save it in string format or as object? There are some difference is these approaches?

Thank you.

localStorage only stores strings. You have to JSON encode/decode an object to store it in localStorage. — Sumner Evans
– Sumner Evans, Commented Aug 17, 2017 at 19:49

msanford · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-17 19:57:29Z

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localStorage.setItem('testObject', {test: 'object'});
console.dir(localStorage.getItem('testObject'));

You will see "[object Object]" because that is the string representation of the data you tried to store.

So your current method is correct.

answered Aug 17, 2017 at 19:50

msanford

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