Secure contextThis feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
The NavigatorStorage
mixin adds to the Navigator
and WorkerNavigator
interfaces the Navigator.storage
property, which provides access to the StorageManager
singleton used for controlling the persistence of data stores as well as obtaining information
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
There are many APIs which provide ways for Web content to store data on a user's computer, including cookies, the Web Storage API (Window.localStorage
and Window.sessionStorage
), and IndexedDB. The Storage Standard is designed to serve as a common basis for the implementation of all of those APIs and storage technologies, so that their constraints and configurations can be understood and controlled using a common set of methods and properties.
Properties
storage
Read only Secure context- Returns the
StorageManager
singleton object which is used to access the Storage Manager. Through the returned object, you can control persistence of data stores as well as get estimates of how much space is left for your site or appliation to store data.
Methods
The NavigatorStorage
mixin has no methods.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Storage | Living Standard | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
See also
NavigatorStorage by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.