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Indexed Database API
Also known as IndexedDB, WebSimpleDB
The Indexed Database API (commonly referred to as IndexedDB) is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) provided by web browsers for managing a NoSQL database of objects. It is a standard maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Official website
Indexed Database API 3.0
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Source code
This is a repository for the development of the Indexed Database (Third Edition) specification. Latest Editor's Draft The First Edition was published as a W3C Recommendation on January 8th, 2015. The Second Edition was published as a W3C Recommendation on January 30th, 2018. First Edition Second Edition
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- w3c.github.io/IndexedDB
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- inception
- 2015-01-08
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/indexeddb
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The Indexed Database API (commonly referred to as IndexedDB) is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) provided by web browsers for managing a NoSQL database of objects. It is a standard maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
As an alternative to the Web storage standard, IndexedDB can provide more storage capacity. Web storage has fixed limits per website, but IndexedDB limits are "usually quite large, if they exist at all".