IDBIndex: openCursor() method
The openCursor()
method of the IDBIndex
interface returns an IDBRequest
object, and, in a separate thread,
creates a cursor over the specified key
range.
The method sets the position of the cursor to the appropriate record, based on the specified direction.
If the key range is not specified or is null, then the range includes all the records.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers
Syntax
js
openCursor()
openCursor(range)
openCursor(range, direction)
Parameters
range
Optional-
A key or
IDBKeyRange
to use as the cursor's range. If nothing is passed, this will default to a key range that selects all the records in this object store. direction
Optional-
The cursor's direction. See IDBCursor Constants for possible values.
Return value
An IDBRequest
object on which subsequent events related to this operation are fired.
If the operation is successful, the value of the request's result
property is:
- an
IDBCursorWithValue
object pointing at the first record matching the given query null
if no matching records were found.
Exceptions
This method may raise a DOMException
of one of the following types:
TransactionInactiveError
DOMException
-
Thrown if this
IDBIndex
's transaction is inactive. TypeError
-
Thrown if the value for the direction parameter is invalid.
DataError
DOMException
-
Thrown if the key or key range provided contains an invalid key.
InvalidStateError
DOMException
-
Thrown if the
IDBIndex
has been deleted or removed.
Examples
In the following example we open a transaction and an object store, then get the
index lName
from a simple contacts database. We then open a basic cursor on
the index using openCursor()
— this works the same as opening a cursor
directly on an ObjectStore
using IDBObjectStore.openCursor
except that the returned records are sorted based on the index, not the primary key.
Finally, we iterate through each record, and insert the data into an HTML table. For a complete working example, see our IndexedDB-examples demo repo (View the example live).
js
function displayDataByIndex() {
tableEntry.innerHTML = "";
const transaction = db.transaction(["contactsList"], "readonly");
const objectStore = transaction.objectStore("contactsList");
const myIndex = objectStore.index("lName");
myIndex.openCursor().onsuccess = (event) => {
const cursor = event.target.result;
if (cursor) {
const tableRow = document.createElement("tr");
tableRow.innerHTML =
`<td>${cursor.value.id}</td>` +
`<td>${cursor.value.lName}</td>` +
`<td>${cursor.value.fName}</td>` +
`<td>${cursor.value.jTitle}</td>` +
`<td>${cursor.value.company}</td>` +
`<td>${cursor.value.eMail}</td>` +
`<td>${cursor.value.phone}</td>` +
`<td>${cursor.value.age}</td>`;
tableEntry.appendChild(tableRow);
cursor.continue();
} else {
console.log("Entries all displayed.");
}
};
}
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Indexed Database API 3.0 # ref-for-dom-idbindex-opencursor② |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
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 the example live).