LocalStorage.SetString

method · LocalStorage · cAlgo.API

DesktopCLICloud

Saves a string value to local storage. The storage scope is LocalStorageScope.Instance.

Environment behaviour

Cloud — works differently. Values are kept in memory for the current run only; nothing is saved to or read from disk, and auto-flush is off.

Overloads

Signature	Description
`SetString(string key, string value)`	Saves a string value to local storage. The storage scope is LocalStorageScope.Instance.
`SetString(string key, string value, LocalStorageScope localStorageScope)`	Saves a string value to local storage.

SetString(string key, string value)

Saves a string value to local storage. The storage scope is LocalStorageScope.Instance.

C#Python

void SetString(string key, string value)

api.LocalStorage.SetString(key: str, value: str) -> None

Parameters

Name	C# type	Python type	Description
`key`	`string`	`str`	The key of the element to add, max length for keys is 50 characters, and only alphanumeric and space characters are allowed, you can only use space in the middle of key not at the start or end
`value`	`string`	`str`	The value of the element to add

Examples

C#Python

LocalStorage.SetString("Last Signal", "Buy EURUSD");
Print("Stored signal: {0}", LocalStorage.GetString("Last Signal"));

api.LocalStorage.SetString("Last Signal", "Buy EURUSD")
api.Print(f"Stored signal: {api.LocalStorage.GetString('Last Signal')}")

SetString(string key, string value, LocalStorageScope localStorageScope)

Saves a string value to local storage.

C#Python

void SetString(string key, string value, LocalStorageScope localStorageScope)

api.LocalStorage.SetString(key: str, value: str, localStorageScope: LocalStorageScope) -> None

Parameters

Name	C# type	Python type	Description
`key`	`string`	`str`	The key of the element to add, max length for keys is 50 characters, and only alphanumeric and space characters are allowed, you can only use space in the middle of key not at the start or end
`value`	`string`	`str`	The value of the element to add
`localStorageScope`	`LocalStorageScope`	`LocalStorageScope`	The storage scope of the element

Examples

C#Python

LocalStorage.SetString("Last Signal", "Buy EURUSD", LocalStorageScope.Type);
Print("Shared with all instances: {0}", LocalStorage.GetString("Last Signal", LocalStorageScope.Type));

api.LocalStorage.SetString("Last Signal", "Buy EURUSD", LocalStorageScope.Type)
api.Print(f"Shared with all instances: {api.LocalStorage.GetString('Last Signal', LocalStorageScope.Type)}")