StorageArea.get()
Retrieves one or more items from the storage area.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
Parameters
keys
-
A key (
string
) or keys (an array of strings, or an object specifying default values) to identify the item(s) to be retrieved from storage. If you pass an empty object or array here, an empty object will be retrieved. If you passnull
, or an undefined value, the entire storage contents will be retrieved.
Return value
A Promise
that resolves to a results
object, containing every object in keys
that was found in the storage area. If keys
is an object, keys that are not found in the storage area will have their values given by the keys
object.
If the operation failed, the promise is rejected with an error message.
If managed storage is not set, undefined
will be returned.
Warning:
When used within a content script in Firefox versions prior to 52, the Promise returned by browser.storage.local.get()
is fulfilled with an Array containing one Object. The Object in the Array contains the keys
found in the storage area, as described above.
The Promise is correctly fulfilled with an Object when used in the background context (background scripts, popups, options pages, etc.).
When this API is used as chrome.storage.local.get()
, it correctly passes an Object to the callback function.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
Suppose storage contains two items:
// storage contains two items,
// "kitten" and "monster"
browser.storage.local.set({
kitten: { name: "Mog", eats: "mice" },
monster: { name: "Kraken", eats: "people" },
});
Define success and failure handlers for the promise:
function onGot(item) {
console.log(item);
}
function onError(error) {
console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
}
With no keys
argument, retrieve everything:
let gettingItem = browser.storage.local.get();
gettingItem.then(onGot, onError);
// -> Object { kitten: Object, monster: Object }
With an empty keys
argument, return nothing:
// with an empty array, retrieve nothing
let gettingItem = browser.storage.local.get([]);
gettingItem.then(onGot, onError);
// -> Object { }
With the name of an object, retrieve the match:
let gettingItem = browser.storage.local.get("kitten");
gettingItem.then(onGot, onError);
// -> Object { kitten: Object }
With an array of object names, retrieve all matches:
let gettingItem = browser.storage.local.get([
"kitten",
"monster",
"grapefruit",
]);
gettingItem.then(onGot, onError);
// -> Object { kitten: Object, monster: Object }
With an object with object names as keys and the default value as value:
let gettingItem = browser.storage.local.get({
kitten: "no kitten",
monster: "no monster",
grapefruit: {
name: "Grape Fruit",
eats: "Water",
},
});
// -> Object { kitten: Object, monster: Object, grapefruit: Object }
Chrome examples
chrome.storage.local.get("kitten", (items) => {
console.log(items.kitten); // -> {name:"Mog", eats:"mice"}
});
Or using a Promise
let gettingItem = new Promise((resolve) =>
chrome.storage.local.get("kitten", resolve),
);
gettingItem.then(onGot); // -> Object { kitten: Object }
Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.storage
API. This documentation is derived from storage.json
in the Chromium code.