Indexed Database API

IndexedDB
Indexed Database API
AbbreviationIndexedDB
Native name
Indexed Database API
StatusFirst Public Working Draft
Latest version3.0
11 March 2021[1]
Preview versionEditor's Draft
11 March 2021[2]
Organization
CommitteeWeb Applications Working Group
Editors
Previous editors
    • Nikunj Mehta
    • Jonas Sicking
    • Eliot Graff
    • Andrei Popescu
    • Jeremy Orlow
Base standards
Related standards
DomainNoSQL databases
Websitewww.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB/

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).[1]

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".[5]

Use cases for IndexedDB include caching web application data for offline availability.[6] Some browser modules, such as devtools or extensions, may also use it for storage.

  1. ^ a b c d Web Applications Working Group (2021-03-11). Alabbas, Ali; Bell, Joshua (eds.). "Indexed Database API 3.0". W3C. W3C First Public Working Draft. Web Applications Working Group. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  2. ^ Web Applications Working Group (2021-03-11). Alabbas, Ali; Bell, Joshua (eds.). "Indexed Database API 3.0". W3C. Editor’s Draft. Web Applications Working Group. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference standard-v2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Indexed Database API". 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  5. ^ "Working with IndexedDB". Google. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Using IndexedDB". MDN. Mozilla. Retrieved 19 January 2019.