export Data in localStorage for later re-import

Question

I want to export a few items from my localStorage to save it externally but in a format so that I can import it again later.

My attempt was to write executable code that

Answer 1

You can encode Objects into Strings using JSON.stringify (object to String) and decode Strings into Objects using JSON.parse (String to Object).

Write to localStorage

localStorage.setItem("varname",JSON.stringify(originalVarname));

Read from localStorage

var originalVarname= JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("varname"));