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Web Storage API

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Summary

The Web Storage API provides a way to store data on the client side in a pair of key values, namely permanent localStorage and sessionStorage that is lost when the tab is closed. Unlike cookies, Web Storage can store larger amounts of data and not be automatically sent to servers. Data is easily accessible through the object.

Key points

LocalStorage stores the data permanently, sessionStorage disappears when the tab is closed
Data is stored as a text-based key-value pair
It's much larger than cookies.
Data is not automatically sent to the server like cookies

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