nodeJS localstorage getting values

salon_sue

There's a key in browser's localstorage named userToken and I'm trying to get it so I can decode using my private key. I'm using a package called node-localstorage which can be found here https://github.com/lmaccherone/node-localstorage But it returns null What could be the problem here? app.get('/getitnow', function(req,res) { var LocalStorage = require('node-localstorage').LocalStorage; var localStorage = new LocalStorage('./scratch');...

Originally asked by salep on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

app.get('/getitnow', (req,res)=> { var LocalStorage = require('node-localstorage').LocalStorage; var localStorage = new LocalStorage('./scratch'); localStorage.setItem('userToken', yourToken)//if you are sending token. console.log(localStorage.getItem('userToken')); }); Node.js works on server side so client side localStorage won't work here. If you posting a form to node(express) side. app.post('/getitnow', (req,res)=> { var LocalStorage = require('node-localstorage').LocalStorage; var localStorage = new LocalStorage('./scratch'); localStorage.setItem('userToken', req.body.userToken)//if you are sending token. console.log(localStorage.getItem('userToken')); }); and your post form would be...

Full answer by k11k2: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/44699472 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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