🟨 Slightly different to Blazor Server
Session storage is a convenient and efficient way to store a small amount of data on the client-side, which can be easily accessed and updated by a web application.
You can download the example code used in this topic on GitHub.
Session storage is a modern technique that allows developers to store data in a key-value pair format. It can be thought of as a persistent browser dictionary with string-based keys and values. If non-string data is entered, it will be automatically converted to a string. For instance, if the key/value is set as the number 1, Session storage will store it as a string "1". Data in Session storage is isolated by domain, meaning that one domain cannot access another domain's resources. For instance, data created by blazorschool.com cannot be accessed by google.com and vice versa.
In Firefox, you can find the Session storage under the Storage tab, as shown in the image below:
In Chrome and Edge, you can find the Session storage under the Application tab, as shown in the images below:
The Session storage is exclusively accessible through the JavaScript API. This means that in order to access it, you will need to create a JavaScript module. You can refer to the JavaScript Interaction tutorial and choose between IJSRuntime
or InteropServices.JavaScript
to interact with your module. Below is an example of how to access the Session storage using IJSRuntime
.
public class SessionStorageAccessor : IAsyncDisposable { private Lazy<IJSObjectReference> _accessorJsRef = new(); private readonly IJSRuntime _jsRuntime; public SessionStorageAccessor(IJSRuntime jsRuntime) { _jsRuntime = jsRuntime; } private async Task WaitForReference() { if (_accessorJsRef.IsValueCreated is false) { _accessorJsRef = new(await _jsRuntime.InvokeAsync<IJSObjectReference>("import", "/js/SessionStorageAccessor.js")); } } public async ValueTask DisposeAsync() { if (_accessorJsRef.IsValueCreated) { await _accessorJsRef.Value.DisposeAsync(); } } }
IndexedDbAccessor
class in the Program.cs file:builder.Services.AddScoped<SessionStorageAccessor>();
In this section, we will demonstrate how to perform basic Session storage operations in JavaScript and C#. With the provided code, you can easily store, get, and delete data from the Session. Additionally, you can customize the code to add your own operations as well.
export function get(key) { return window.sessionStorage.getItem(key); } export function set(key, value) { window.sessionStorage.setItem(key, value); } export function clear() { window.sessionStorage.clear(); } export function remove(key) { window.sessionStorage.removeItem(key); }
WaitForReference()
in all of them. Here is an example implementation:public class SessionStorageAccessor : IAsyncDisposable { ... public async Task<T> GetValueAsync<T>(string key) { await WaitForReference(); var result = await _accessorJsRef.Value.InvokeAsync<T>("get", key); return result; } public async Task SetValueAsync<T>(string key, T value) { await WaitForReference(); await _accessorJsRef.Value.InvokeVoidAsync("set", key, value); } public async Task Clear() { await WaitForReference(); await _accessorJsRef.Value.InvokeVoidAsync("clear"); } public async Task RemoveAsync(string key) { await WaitForReference(); await _accessorJsRef.Value.InvokeVoidAsync("remove", key); } }
Once you have completed all the previous steps, you can use the Session storage as follows:
@inject SessionStorageAccessor SessionStorageAccessor <h3>BrowserStorageDemonstrate</h3> <form> <label> Key <input type="text" @bind-value="Key" /> </label> <label> Value <input type="text" @bind-value="Value" /> </label> <button type="button" @onclick="SetValueAsync">Set Value</button> </form> <div>Stored Value: @StoredValue</div> <button type="button" @onclick="GetValueAsync">Get Value</button> <button type="button" @onclick="RemoveAsync">Remove Value</button> <button type="button" @onclick="ClearAllAsync">Clear All</button> @code { public string Key { get; set; } = ""; public string Value { get; set; } = ""; public string StoredValue { get; set; } = ""; public async Task SetValueAsync() { await SessionStorageAccessor.SetValueAsync(Key, Value); } public async Task GetValueAsync() { StoredValue = await SessionStorageAccessor.GetValueAsync<string>(Key); } public async Task RemoveAsync() { await SessionStorageAccessor.RemoveAsync(Key); } public async Task ClearAllAsync() { await SessionStorageAccessor.Clear(); } }
In Blazor Server, you can only use IJSRuntime
to interact with the JavaScript.