Access monday storage from integrations(node.js app)

From the frontend: Access the global storage using monday-sdk-js library: monday.storage

From the backend: Access the global storage using apps-sdk library: JavaScript SDK

Data stored from the client-side will be accessible by your server app.

Your integration can use the shared parameter on storage.set(key, value, options) if you want the data to be accessible from the client-side too.

We have tried to access data stored from monday-sdk-js library’s storage method, using the monday-apps-sdk library’s storage method but getting value as null despite the value exists.

Screenshot named NoValueSS1.png shows what is logged using monday-apps-sdk library’s storage method and Screenshot named ValueSS2.png shows what is logged using monday-sdk-library’s storage method. For the same key.

Where are you setting the data in the storage – on the frontend or backend? If you’re setting it from the frontend, are you using the global storage –

Global storage method:
monday.storage.setItem('serialKey'...)

Instance-level storage method:
monday.storage.instance.setItem('serialKey'...)

1. Setting data from frontend using the moday-sdk-js library method Storage.

2. We are using the global storage.

The requirement is we need to access data set from the frontend using monday-sdk-js global storage method in the backend(integrations feature).

Thanks Dipro for your suggestions. I got an email from a monday support team member who is now taking up the issue.

HI @dipro @YuvrajSingh

Was there a resolution on this issue? I am having the same issue.

When in a board view I am using monday-sdj-js to save settings to monday.storage ‘board-123456’. On board view refresh i load the data by key ‘board-123456’. No issues there.

import mondaySdk from "monday-sdk-js";
const monday = mondaySdk();
monday.setApiVersion("2025-01");
const result = await monday.storage.getItem(`board-${boardId}`);

Outside the monday context, inside the same app, i have a client side page that also uses monday-sdk-js. Here i am setting the token, which i need to do because we are now outside the boardview and seemless authentication no longer applies:

import mondaySdk from "monday-sdk-js";
const monday = mondaySdk();
monday.setApiVersion("2025-01");
monday.setToken('xxx')
const result = await monday.storage.getItem(`board-${boardId};
console.log("Result:", result);

^^ No matter which monday API KEY i use here, it does not retreive the data. It works on the page that I am embedding into the board view, just not outside.

Then next to test i created a server page

import { Storage } from "@mondaycom/apps-sdk";

//ADD DATA
const storage = new Storage(process.env.MONDAY_TOKEN!);
const { success, error } = await storage.set(key, JSON.stringify(value));

//GET DATA
const storage = new Storage(process.env.MONDAY_TOKEN!);
const { success, value } = await storage.get(key, {
    shared: true,
  });

This also works. I also believe if I save the data initially from @mondaycom/apps-sdk", with shared:true parameter, i can retrieve that same data from the client.

I assume I am doing something wrong here. Otherwise that means for a simple board view app, I would need to have all users complete oAuth first, so that I can save data to monday.storage on server side using the USERS oauth API KEY rather than my .env personal account API KEY

@dipro Any suggestions?

HI checking again to see what your resolution was?

I have submitted 2 tickets on this but support has not had any idea what I am talking about.

In nodejs (on the server), try this instead when you save data to storage:

const { version, success, error } = await storage.set(
	storageKey,
	JSON.stringify(payload),
	{ shared: true } // so it can be accessed on the client side
);

This will allow it to be available in the browser/on the client side too, using:

import mondaySdk from "monday-sdk-js";
const monday = mondaySdk();
const result = await monday.storage.getItem(storageKey);

And write back from the browser, using:

import mondaySdk from "monday-sdk-js";
const monday = mondaySdk();
...
const result = await monday.storage.setItem(
  storageKey, 
  JSON.stringify(payload)
);

Ok so you are saying in a board view, save using the ‘apps-sdk’ and not the ‘monday-sdk-js’? I say this because the ‘monday-sdk-js’ has setItem, not .set

Just to clarify, I am not current using monday code to host my app, it is on Vercel. But I have been told to use the ‘apps-sdk’ regardless.

@desmond.tatilian See my updated code samples here:

I’d use monday-code if at all possible if you have a server side component (my opinion).

Hi @desmond.tatilian, we also created a ticket that was opened for 2-3 months, but didn’t got any solution for this.

We changed our app’s use case and now don’t need to access data from frontend and backend.

But, I have some suggestions.

1. Remove frontend storage, i.e. only store data using backend(apps-sdk library).
2. Create get, post, and delete endpoint in backend.
3. Access these endpoints from frontend using the frontend access token.

I think it will work!