api token gets lost when deleting browser history

[MyerSmith]

Is there a way to store the api token parament in the preferences in the extension ?
It's frustrating to reenter the token every time when I clean the browser history and restart the browser.

[lostsnow]

Currently the latest Firefox(52.0a2) WebExtensions only support localStorage for settings.

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Implement_a_settings_page
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/storage#Browser_compatibility

[amitp]

I don't clean browser history but I do wipe cookies on exit. Firefox ties localstorage to cookie lifetime. My workaround:

1. Set cookies to accept cookies from sites, accept third party cookies from all sites, keep until they expire.
2. Add a cookie exception to keep https://pinboard.in cookies
3. Log in with pinboard+
4. Quit firefox
5. Start it again. Verify that pinboard+ is logged in
6. Set cookies back to accept from only sites I visit, and erase on exit
7. Restart firefox, verify that pinboard+ is logged in

I don't know if this will work for you though, as I don't clean my browser history the same way (I use the “Expire History by Days” extension instead of wiping on exit)