dom-storage.js/README.md

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sessionStorage & localStorage for NodeJS
===
An inefficient, but as W3C-compliant as possible using only pure JavaScript, `DOMStorage` implementation.
Purpose
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This is meant for the purpose of being able to run unit-tests and such for browser-y modules in node.
Usage
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```javascript
var Storage = require('dom-storage')
// in-file, doesn't call `String(val)` on values (default)
, localStorage = new Storage('./db.json', { strict: false, ws: ' ' })
// 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', 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
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* getItem(key)
* setItem(key, value)
* removeItem(key)
* clear()
* key(n)
* length
### Options
* strict - whether to stringify strictly as text `[Object object]` or as json `{ foo: bar }`.
* ws - the whitespace to use saving json to disk. Defaults to `' '`.
Tests
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```javascript
0 === localStorage.length;
null === localStorage.getItem('doesn\'t exist');
undefined === localStorage['doesn\'t exist'];
localStorage.setItem('myItem');
'undefined' === localStorage.getItem('myItem');
1 === localStorage.length;
localStorage.setItem('myItem', 0);
'0' === localStorage.getItem('myItem');
localStorage.removeItem('myItem', 0);
0 === localStorage.length;
localStorage.clear();
0 === localStorage.length;
```
Notes
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* db is read in synchronously
* No callback when db is saved
* Doesn't not emit `Storage` events (not sure how to do)
License
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* [Apache2](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)