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How to make my notepad chrome extension not lose the user's note when they close it?

I am making a notepad and I want the chrome extension to keep what the user types in a text area when they close it... How would I go about doing this? I've tried so many times but failed

Solution

  • You can use chrome.storage.local or chrome.storage.sync to store extension data.

    Note that you need to add it to extension manifest inside permissions section:

      "permissions": [
    "storage"
  ],

    It is asynchronous API - you can use it with callbacks like this:

    chrome.storage.sync.set({key: value}, function() {
  console.log('Value is set to ' + value);
});

chrome.storage.sync.get(['key'], function(result) {
  console.log('Value currently is ' + result.key);
});

    I also recommend to check the official documentation: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/storage/