How to set session value in javascript

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3. Using the localStorage property to access and set variables

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You can use and the

The API enables you to store and access data saved in the current page session.

Here is the HTML for the example.

It simply loads a JS script.

The sessionStorage property is used to access a session Storage object for the current origin.

The setItem() method takes 2 parameters - a key and a value and sets the key-value pair on the object.

Note that the key and the value have to be strings.

If you need to store an array or an object, make sure to use the JSON.stringify() method to convert the value to a string before storing it in .

The getItem() method takes a key as a parameter and returns the corresponding value.

If you previously stored a JSON string, make sure to use the JSON.parse()

You can open the tab in your developer tools to look at the output of calling the method.

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