IDBCursor.key
The key
property of the IDBCursor
interface returns the key for the record at the cursor's position. If the cursor is outside its range, this is set to undefined. The cursor's key can be any data type.
Syntax
cursor.key;
Value
The value can be of any type.
Example
In this simple fragment we create a transaction, retrieve an object store, then use a cursor to iterate through all the records in the object store. Within each iteration we log the key of the cursor to the console, something like this (its the album title in each case, which is our key).
The cursor does not require us to select the data based on a key; we can just grab all of it. Also note that in each iteration of the loop, you can grab data from the current record under the cursor object using cursor.value.foo
. For a complete working example, see our IDBCursor example (view example live.)
function displayData() { var transaction = db.transaction(['rushAlbumList'], "readonly"); var objectStore = transaction.objectStore('rushAlbumList'); objectStore.openCursor().onsuccess = function(event) { var cursor = event.target.result; if(cursor) { var listItem = document.createElement('li'); listItem.innerHTML = cursor.value.albumTitle + ', ' + cursor.value.year; list.appendChild(listItem); console.log(cursor.key); cursor.continue(); } else { console.log('Entries all displayed.'); } }; };
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Indexed Database API The definition of 'key' in that specification. |
Editor's Draft |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 23webkit 24 |
10 moz 16.0 (16.0) |
10, partial | 15 | 7.1 |
Available in workers | (Yes) | 37.0 (37.0) | ? | (Yes) | ? |
Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 4.4 | 22.0 (22.0) | 1.0.1 | 10 | 22 | 8 |
Available in workers | (Yes) | 37.0 (37.0) | (Yes) | ? | (Yes) | ? |
See also
- Using IndexedDB
- Starting transactions:
IDBDatabase
- Using transactions:
IDBTransaction
- Setting a range of keys:
IDBKeyRange
- Retrieving and making changes to your data:
IDBObjectStore
- Using cursors:
IDBCursor
- Reference example: To-do Notifications (view example live.)
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/idbcursor/key