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crypto-storage
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A light & secure way to store data in a browser.
Build for create server less front end application in a safe way.
yarn add crypto-storage
const CryptoStorage = require('crypto-storage')
// create a storage
const safeStorage = CryptoStorage({name: 'tester', password: 'super-pw'})
safeStorage.create()
// create an item and get it
await safeStorage.setItem('foo', 'bar')
const foo = await safeStorage.getItem('foo')
console.log(foo) // => 'bar'
// close your session
safeStorage.close()
// open it again (.use() this time)
const safeStorage2 = CryptoStorage({name: 'tester', password: 'super-pw'})
safeStorage2.use()
const newFoo = await safeStorage.getItem('foo')
console.log(newFoo) // => 'bar'
// if you try to create the session again
safeStorage2.create() // => throw!!
Init a new storage instance.
Create a new safe storage session.
Open an existing session.
Set an item in the storage.
Get an item from the storage.
Remove an item from the storage and return the key.
Close access to CryptoStorage disabling set/get/removeItem.
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A light & secure way to store data in browser.
The npm package crypto-storage receives a total of 3 weekly downloads. As such, crypto-storage popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that crypto-storage demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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