Will not reduce objects to '[object Object]' by default. 'strict' option may be used for that.

README.md

@@ -12,14 +12,23 @@ Usage
 ----
 
     var Storage = require('dom-storage')
-      , localStorage = new Storage('./db.json') // in-file
-      , sessionStorage = new Storage()                // in-memory
+
+        // in-file, doesn't call `String(val)` on values (default)
+      , localStorage = new Storage('./db.json', { strict: false })
+
+        // in-memory, does call `String(val)` on values (i.e. `{}` becomes `'[object Object]'`
+      , sessionStorage = new Storage(null, { strict: true })
+
       , myValue = { foo: 'bar', baz: 'quux' }
       ;
 
-    localStorage.setItem('myKey', JSON.stringify(myValue));
+    localStorage.setItem('myKey', myValue);
     myValue = localStorage.getItem('myKey');
 
+    // use JSON to stringify / parse when using strict w3c compliance
+    sessionStorage.setItem('myKey', JSON.stringify(myValue));
+    myValue = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('myKey'));
+
 API
 ---
 

lib/index.js

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   var fs = require('fs')
     ;
 
-  function Storage(path) {
+  function Storage(path, opts) {
+    opts = opts || {};
     var db
       ;
 
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@
       , enumerable: false
     });
 
+    Object.defineProperty(this, '___priv_strict___', {
+        value: !!opts.strict
+      , writable: false
+      , enumerable: false
+    });
+
     try {
       db = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path));
     } catch(e) {
@@ -37,13 +44,13 @@
 
   Storage.prototype.getItem = function (key) {
     if (this.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-      return String(this[key]);
+      return this.___priv_strict___ && String(this[key]) || this[key];
     }
     return null;
   };
 
   Storage.prototype.setItem = function (key, val) {
-    this[key] = String(val);
+    this[key] = this.___priv_strict___ && String(val) || val;
     this.___save___();
   };
 
@@ -97,8 +104,8 @@
   };
 
   Object.defineProperty(Storage, 'create', {
-      value: function (path) {
-        return new Storage(path);
+      value: function (path, opts) {
+        return new Storage(path, opts);
       }
     , writable: false
     , enumerable: false

package.json

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "author": "AJ ONeal <coolaj86@gmail.com> (http://coolaj86.info)",
   "name": "dom-storage",
   "description": "W3C DOM Storage (localStorage and sessionStorage) for Node.JS",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git://github.com/coolaj86/node-browser-compat.git"
+    "url": "git://github.com/coolaj86/node-dom-storage.git"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "*"