Enables WebExtensions to store and retrieve data, and listen for changes to stored items.
The storage system is based on the Web Storage API, with a few differences.
To use this API you need to include the "storage" permission in your manifest.json file. Each WebExtension has its own storage area, which can be split into different types of storage.
Types
storage.StorageArea
- An object representing a storage area.
storage.StorageChange
- An object representing a change to a storage area.
Properties
storage
has three properties, which represent the different types of available storage area.
storage.sync
- Represents the
sync
storage area. Items insync
storage are synced by the browser, and are available across all instances of that browser that the user is logged into, across different devices. storage.local
- Represents the
local
storage area. Items inlocal
storage are local to the machine the extension was installed on. storage.managed
- Represents the
managed
storage area. Items inmanaged
storage are set by the domain administrator and are read-only for the extension. Trying to modify this namespace results in an error.
Events
storage.onChanged
- Fired when one or more items change in a storage area.
Browser compatibility
Edge | Firefox | Chrome | Opera | |
---|---|---|---|---|
StorageArea | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
StorageArea.clear | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
StorageArea.get | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
StorageArea.getBytesInUse | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
StorageArea.remove | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
StorageArea.set | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
StorageChange | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
local | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
managed | ? | No | Yes | No |
onChanged | ? | 45.0 | Yes | 33 |
sync | ? | No | Yes | No |
Firefox | |
---|---|
StorageArea | 48.0 |
StorageArea.clear | 48.0 |
StorageArea.get | 48.0 |
StorageArea.getBytesInUse | 48.0 |
StorageArea.remove | 48.0 |
StorageArea.set | 48.0 |
StorageChange | 48.0 |
local | 48.0 |
managed | No |
onChanged | 48.0 |
sync | No |
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Chrome incompatibilities
- Firefox does not support:
managed
storage areasync
storage areagetBytesInUse()
.
- The storage API is not supported in content scripts.
Example add-ons
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.storage
API. This documentation is derived from storage.json
in the Chromium code.
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