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A bit of code to check the size limit of your browser's localStorage
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/* | |
An over-engineered way to check the max window.localStorage size of your browser. | |
To run the test, past this code into the console of any browser tab. | |
*/ | |
function testStorage(size, progress) { | |
localStorage.clear(); | |
let dummyData = ""; | |
for (let i=0; i<size; i++) { | |
dummyData+="\x00"; | |
} | |
document.getElementById("display").innerHTML = `Testing storage size of ${size} bytes<br><br>${asciiProgressBar(progress, 40)}`; | |
try { | |
localStorage.setItem("_", dummyData); | |
return true; | |
} catch (e) { | |
return false; | |
} | |
} | |
function sizeDescriptor(size) { | |
const k = 1024; | |
if (size >= k*k) { | |
return (size/(k*k)).toFixed(1)+" MiB"; | |
} | |
if (size >= k) { | |
return (size/k).toFixed(1)+" KiB"; | |
} | |
return size+" bytes"; | |
} | |
function asciiProgressBar(progress, length) { | |
let bar = ""; | |
for (let i=0; i<length; i++) { | |
if (i/length >= progress) { | |
bar+="."; | |
} else { | |
bar+="="; | |
} | |
} | |
return "["+bar+"] "+Math.floor(progress*100)+"%"; | |
} | |
function findMaxStorageCapacity() { | |
let lowerBound = 0; | |
let upperBound = 1; | |
// find the order of magnitude of the max size | |
for (let i=0; i<9; i++) { | |
let size = Math.pow(10, i); | |
if (testStorage(size)) { | |
lowerBound = size; | |
} else { | |
upperBound = size; | |
break; | |
} | |
} | |
let iteration = 0; | |
let predictedIterations = Math.floor(Math.log2(upperBound-lowerBound)); | |
let f = ()=>{ | |
iteration++; | |
let medianPoint = Math.floor((lowerBound+upperBound)/2); | |
let progress = iteration/predictedIterations; | |
if (testStorage(medianPoint, progress)) { | |
lowerBound = medianPoint; | |
} else { | |
upperBound = medianPoint; | |
} | |
if (upperBound-lowerBound <= 1) { | |
document.getElementById("display").innerHTML = `localStorage max size: ${upperBound} bytes (${sizeDescriptor(upperBound)})` | |
} else { | |
setTimeout(f, 10); | |
} | |
}; | |
f(); | |
} | |
document.head.innerHTML = ` | |
<style> | |
body { | |
font-family: monospace; | |
background-color: #161E20; | |
color: #EBEEF7; | |
padding: 20px; | |
} | |
</style> | |
`; | |
document.body.innerHTML = ` | |
<h1>localStorage test</h1> | |
<div style="opacity:0.5;">The page may become unresponsive while the test is running</div> | |
<br> | |
<div id="display" style="opacity:0.5;">Performing initial tests...</div> | |
`; | |
setTimeout(findMaxStorageCapacity,1); |
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function testStorage(e,t){localStorage.clear();let o="";for(let t=0;t<e;t++)o+="\0";document.getElementById("display").innerHTML=`Testing storage size of ${e} bytes<br><br>${asciiProgressBar(t,40)}`;try{return localStorage.setItem("_",o),!0}catch(e){return!1}}function sizeDescriptor(e){const t=1024;return e>=t*t?(e/(t*t)).toFixed(1)+" MiB":e>=t?(e/t).toFixed(1)+" KiB":e+" bytes"}function asciiProgressBar(e,t){let o="";for(let n=0;n<t;n++)o+=n/t>=e?".":"=";return"["+o+"] "+Math.floor(100*e)+"%"}function findMaxStorageCapacity(){let e=0,t=1;for(let o=0;o<9;o++){let n=Math.pow(10,o);if(!testStorage(n)){t=n;break}e=n}let o=0,n=Math.floor(Math.log2(t-e)),r=()=>{o++;let i=Math.floor((e+t)/2);testStorage(i,o/n)?e=i:t=i,t-e<=1?document.getElementById("display").innerHTML=`localStorage max size: ${t} bytes (${sizeDescriptor(t)})`:setTimeout(r,10)};r()}document.head.innerHTML="\n<style>\nbody {\n font-family: monospace;\n background-color: #161E20;\n color: #EBEEF7;\n padding: 20px;\n}\n</style>\n",document.body.innerHTML='\n<h1>localStorage test</h1>\n<div style="opacity:0.5;">The page may become unresponsive while the test is running</div>\n<br>\n<div id="display" style="opacity:0.5;">Performing initial tests...</div>\n',setTimeout(findMaxStorageCapacity,1); |
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