# localStorage.get

Restores a string value from persistent storage. Also see `localStorage.set()`.

```javascript
var data = localStorage.get("old_data");
```

# Input

| Variable | Required | Description |
|----------|----------|-------------|
| `name`   | yes      | The name of the persistent value you would like to retrieve. |

# Output

Returns the stored string value associated with the given name.

# Comments

This function works similarly to the browser’s `localStorage.get()` method.  
It retrieves a value from the bot’s persistent storage.

The `localStorage` is shared across **all scripts** of the same bot.  
This means you can set values in one bot script and retrieve them in another.