IndexedDB in HTML5


The indexeddb is a new HTML5 concept to store the data inside user's browser. indexeddb is more powerful than local storage and useful for applications that require to store a large amounts of the data. These applications can run more efficiency and load faster.

The W3C has announced that the Web SQL database is a deprecated local storage specification so web developers should not use this technology anymore.

indexeddb is an alternative for web SQL database and more effective than older technologies.

The following are the features −

  • stores key-pair values
  •  not a relational database
  •  IndexedDB API is mostly asynchronous
  •  not a structured query language
  •  access the data from same domain

Updated on: 25-Jun-2020

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