Should I use IndexedDB or LocalStorage?

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localStorage is useful for storing smaller amounts of data, it is less useful for storing larger amounts of structured data. So if you want to store significant amounts of structured data then IndexedDB is what you should choose. 19 дек. 2014 г.

Is IndexedDB deprecated?

The W3C has announced that the Web SQL database is a deprecated local storage specification so web developer should not use this technology any more. indexeddb is an alternative for web SQL data base and more effective than older technologies.

Should you use IndexedDB?

As I've alluded to, IndexedDB is a good fit if your client-side data needs are more complex than what Local/SessionStorage can provide (i.e. you're looking for more than a simple Key/Value store in your application). Yes, you can use JavaScript functions (such as JSON. stringify and JSON.

Does IndexedDB use local storage?

IndexedDB is not a key-value store in the same way that Local Storage is. Local storage just stores strings, so to put an object in local storage the usual approach is to JSON.

Why you should not use localStorage?

If an attacker can run JavaScript on your website, they can retrieve all the data you've stored in local storage and send it off to their own domain. This means anything sensitive you've got in local storage (like a user's session data) can be compromised.

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