# Non-Volatile Storage Library

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## Introduction

Non-volatile storage (NVS) library is designed to store key-value pairs in flash. This section introduces some concepts used by NVS.

### Initialization

NVS uses partitions from the partition table with `data` type and `nvs` subtype. The library can be initialized using:

- `nvs_flash_init()` initializes the default NVS partition with label `nvs`.

- `nvs_flash_init_partition()` initializes a specific NVS partition by its label.

- `nvs_flash_init_partition_ptr()` initializes NVS from an `esp_partition_t` pointer.

Once initialized, applications access NVS namespaces using `nvs_open()` (for the default partition) or `nvs_open_from_partition()` (for a specific partition by label).

Note

NVS can also operate through the Block Device Layer (BDL) when CONFIG_NVS_BDL_STACK is enabled, allowing use of alternative storage backends beyond standard flash partitions. In BDL mode, `nvs_flash_init_partition_ptr()` is not available, but `nvs_flash_init_partition_bdl()` becomes available for custom block device initialization. See Internals > Underlying Storage for details.

Note

If an NVS partition is truncated (for example, when the partition table layout is changed), its contents should be erased. ESP-IDF build system provides a `idf.py erase-flash` target to erase all contents of the flash chip.

### Keys and Values

NVS operates on key-value pairs. Keys are ASCII strings; the maximum key length is currently 15 characters. Values can have one of the following types:

- integer types: `uint8_t`, `int8_t`, `uint16_t`, `int16_t`, `uint32_t`, `int32_t`, `uint64_t`, `int64_t`

- zero-terminated string

- variable length binary data (blob)

- floating point types: `float` and `double`

Note

NVS works best for storing many small values, rather than a few large values of the type `string` and `blob`. If you need to store large blobs or strings, consider using the facilities provided by the FAT filesystem on top of the wear levelling library.

Note

String values are currently limited to 4000 bytes. This includes the null terminator. Blob values are limited to 508,000 bytes or 97.6% of the partition size - 4000 bytes, whichever is lower.

Note

Before setting new or updating existing key-value pair, free entries in nvs pages have to be available. For integer types, at least one free entry has to be available. For the string value, at least one page capable of keeping the whole string in a contiguous row of free entries has to be available. For the blob value, the size of new data has to be available in free entries.

Note

The floating point types `float` and `double` are supported regardless of the FPU presence on a particular SoC.

Keys are required to be unique. Assigning a new value to an existing key replaces the old value and data type with the value and data type specified by a write operation.

A data type check is performed when reading a value. An error is returned if the data type expected by read operation does not match the data type of entry found for the key provided.

### Namespaces

To mitigate potential conflicts in key names between different components, NVS assigns each key-value pair to one of the namespaces. Namespace names follow the same rules as key names, i.e., the maximum length is 15 characters. Furthermore, there can be no more than 254 different namespaces in one NVS partition. Namespace name is specified in the `nvs_open()` or `nvs_open_from_partition` call. This call returns an opaque handle, which is used in subsequent calls to the `nvs_get_*`, `nvs_set_*`, and `nvs_commit()` functions. This way, a handle is associated with a namespace and partition, and key names will not collide with same names in other namespaces.

The open mode parameter controls the access level and security behavior:

- `NVS_READONLY`: Read-only access. All write operations will be rejected.

- `NVS_READWRITE`: Standard read-write access. Erased data is marked as deleted but remains in flash.

- `NVS_READWRITE_PURGE`: Secure read-write access. Erased data is physically purged from flash memory.

Note

Namespaces with the same name in different NVS partitions are considered as separate namespaces.

### NVS Iterators

Iterators allow to list key-value pairs stored in NVS, based on specified partition name, namespace, and data type.

There are the following functions available:

- `nvs_entry_find()` creates an opaque handle, which is used in subsequent calls to the `nvs_entry_next()` and `nvs_entry_info()` functions.

- `nvs_entry_next()` advances an iterator to the next key-value pair.

- `nvs_entry_info()` returns information about each key-value pair

In general, all iterators obtained via `nvs_entry_find()` have to be released using `nvs_release_iterator()`, which also tolerates `NULL` iterators.

`nvs_entry_find()` and `nvs_entry_next()` set the given iterator to `NULL` or a valid iterator in all cases except a parameter error occurred (i.e., return `ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND`). In case of a parameter error, the given iterator will not be modified. Hence, it is best practice to initialize the iterator to `NULL` before calling `nvs_entry_find()` to avoid complicated error checking before releasing the iterator.

### Security, Tampering, and Robustness

NVS is not directly compatible with the ESP32-P4 flash encryption system. However, data can still be stored in encrypted form if NVS encryption is used together with ESP32-P4 flash encryption or with the help of the HMAC peripheral. Please refer to NVS Encryption for more details.

If NVS encryption is not used, it is possible for anyone with physical access to the flash chip to read, alter, erase, or add key-value pairs. With NVS encryption enabled, it is not possible to read, alter or add a key-value pair and get recognized as a valid pair without knowing corresponding NVS encryption keys. However, there is no tamper-resistance against the erase operation.

The library does try to recover from conditions when flash memory is in an inconsistent state. In particular, one should be able to power off the device at any point and time and then power it back on. This should not result in loss of data, except for the new key-value pair if it was being written at the moment of powering off. The library should also be able to initialize properly with any random data present in flash memory.

### Data Purging and Security

By default, when NVS updates or erases key-value pairs, the data in flash is only marked as erased in metadata section. The values still remain in flash memory. This approach optimizes write performance.

For applications requiring enhanced security where sensitive data must be physically removed (purged in terms of setting all bits to zeroes) from flash memory after calling erase or update functions, NVS provides two mechanisms:

One Time Purge

> The `nvs_purge_all()` function purges all existing items marked as erased within a namespace. It is useful in scenarios where the continuous purging mode was not used yet and the application needs to purge existing erased flash content. This function may be used with handles opened either using `NVS_READWRITE` or `NVS_READWRITE_PURGE` mode.

Continuous Purging Mode

> Namespace handle opened with `NVS_READWRITE_PURGE` mode automatically purges the flash space occupied by the erased or overwritten values on top of just marking them as erased.

Note

Opening NVS namespace in `NVS_READWRITE_PURGE` mode does not purge data marked as erased already present in the flash. Perform One Time Purge before using Continuous Purging Mode if the namespace already contains some updated or erased data.

Note

Purging operations represent additional flash write cycles compared to standard marking as erased mode. Applications should balance security requirements with flash write performance when deciding whether to use data purging features.

## Special Use Cases

### Large Amount of Data in NVS

Although not recommended, NVS can store tens of thousands of keys and NVS partition can reach up to megabytes in size.

Note

NVS component leaves RAM footprint on the heap. The footprint depends on the size of the NVS partition on flash and the number of keys in use. For RAM usage estimation, please use the following approximate figures: each 1 MB of NVS flash partition consumes 22 KB of RAM and each 1000 keys consumes 5.5 KB of RAM.

Note

Duration of NVS initialization using `nvs_flash_init()` is proportional to the number of existing keys. Initialization of NVS requires typically 0.5 seconds per 1000 keys.

Note

The duration of initialization gradually grows with the population of NVS partition and number of value updates. To avoid unexpected watchdog timeout during initialization when your application is already in customer use, test your NVS initialization in advance on a NVS partition containing all keys including expected history of updates.

By default, internal NVS allocates a heap in internal RAM. With a large NVS partition or big number of keys, the application can exhaust the internal RAM heap just on NVS overhead.

Applications using modules with SPI-connected PSRAM can overcome this limitation by enabling the Kconfig option CONFIG_NVS_ALLOCATE_CACHE_IN_SPIRAM which redirects RAM allocation to the SPI-connected PSRAM.

This option is available in the nvs_flash component of the menuconfig menu when SPIRAM is enabled and CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE is set to `CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC`.

Note

Using SPI-connected PSRAM slows down NVS API for integer operations by an approximate factor of 2.5.

### Unstable Power Conditions

When NVS is used in systems powered by weak or unstable energy sources (such as solar or battery), flash erase operations may occasionally fail to complete without being detected by the application. This can create a mismatch between the actual flash contents and the expected layout of reserved pages. In rare cases, especially during unexpected power loss, this may exhaust the available NVS pages and cause partition initialization to fail with the error `ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES`.

To address this issue, the Kconfig option CONFIG_NVS_FLASH_VERIFY_ERASE enables verification of flash erase operations by reading back the affected page. If the page is not fully erased to `0xFF` after a `flash_erase` operation, the erase is retried until the page is correctly cleared. The total number of erase attempts, including the initial attempt, is controlled by the Kconfig option CONFIG_NVS_FLASH_ERASE_ATTEMPTS.

Note

When NVS is initialized on the writeable partition, the library will attempt to perform recovery operations if the partition is found to be in an inconsistent state. This may involve erasing and rewriting some pages and in continuously unstable power environment subsequently lead to the unintended loss of factory default data. For this reason, it is recommended to keep vital factory default data in separate, read-only partition where the recovery is not performed.

### Use of NVS in Bootloader Code

The standard NVS API described in this guide is available to the running application. It is also possible to read data from NVS in the custom bootloader code. More information can be found in the NVS Bootloader guide.

## NVS Encryption

Please refer to the NVS Encryption guide for more details.

## NVS Partition Generator Utility

This utility helps generate NVS partition binary files which can be flashed separately on a dedicated partition via a flashing utility. Key-value pairs to be flashed onto the partition can be provided via a CSV file. For more details, please refer to NVS Partition Generator Utility.

Instead of calling the `nvs_partition_gen.py` tool manually, the creation of the partition binary files can also be done directly from CMake using the function `nvs_create_partition_image`:

    nvs_create_partition_image(<partition> <csv> [FLASH_IN_PROJECT] [DEPENDS  dep dep dep ...])

Positional Arguments:

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
`partition` | Name of the NVS partition
`csv` | Path to CSV file to parse

Optional Arguments:

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
`FLASH_IN_PROJECT` | Name of the NVS partition
`DEPENDS` | Specify files on which the command depends

If `FLASH_IN_PROJECT` is not specified, the image will still be generated, but you will have to flash it manually using `idf.py <partition>-flash` (e.g., if your partition name is `nvs`, then use `idf.py nvs-flash`).

`nvs_create_partition_image` must be called from one of the component `CMakeLists.txt` files. Currently, only non-encrypted partitions are supported.

## Application Example

You can find code examples in the storage/nvs directory of ESP-IDF examples:

storage/nvs/nvs_rw_value

> Demonstrates how to read a single integer value from, and write it to NVS.

> The value checked in this example holds the number of the ESP32-P4 module restarts. The value's function as a counter is only possible due to its storing in NVS.

> The example also shows how to check if a read/write operation was successful, or if a certain value has not been initialized in NVS. The diagnostic procedure is provided in plain text to help you track the program flow and capture any issues on the way.

storage/nvs/nvs_rw_blob

> Demonstrates how to read a single integer value and a blob (binary large object), and write them to NVS to preserve this value between ESP32-P4 module restarts.

> > - value - tracks the number of the ESP32-P4 module soft and hard restarts.

> > - blob - contains a table with module run times. The table is read from NVS to dynamically allocated RAM. A new run time is added to the table on each manually triggered soft restart, and then the added run time is written to NVS. Triggering is done by pulling down GPIO0.

> The example also shows how to implement the diagnostic procedure to check if the read/write operation was successful.

storage/nvs/nvs_rw_value_cxx

> This example does exactly the same as storage/nvs/nvs_rw_value, except that it uses the C++ NVS handle class.

storage/nvs/nvs_statistics

> This example demonstrates how to obtain and interpret NVS usage statistics: free/used/available/total number of entries and number of namespaces in given NVS partition.

> Default NVS partition is erased for a clean run of this example. Then mock data string values are written.

> Usage statistics are obtained prior to and post writing, with the differences being compared to expected values of newly used entries.

storage/nvs/nvs_iteration

> This example demonstrates how to iterate over entries of specific (or any) NVS data type and how to obtain info about such entries.

> Default NVS partition is erased for a clean run of this example. Then mock data consisting of different NVS integer data types are written.

> After that, the example iterates over each individual data type as well as the generic `NVS_TYPE_ANY` type, and logs the information obtained from each iteration.

## Internals

### Log of Key-Value Pairs

NVS stores key-value pairs sequentially, with new key-value pairs being added at the end. When a value of any given key has to be updated, a new key-value pair is added at the end of the log and the old key-value pair is marked as erased.

Note

NVS component includes flash wear levelling by design. Set operations are appending new data to the free space after existing entries. Invalidation of old values doesn't require immediate flash erase operations. The organization of NVS space to pages and entries effectively reduces the frequency of flash erase to flash write operations for data types fitting one entry by a factor of 126.

### Pages and Entries

NVS library uses two main entities in its operation: pages and entries. Page is a logical structure which stores a portion of the overall log. Logical page corresponds to one physical sector of flash memory. Pages which are in use have a sequence number associated with them. Sequence numbers impose an ordering on pages. Higher sequence numbers correspond to pages which were created later. Each page can be in one of the following states:

Empty/uninitialized

  Flash storage for the page is empty (all bytes are `0xff`). Page is not used to store any data at this point and does not have a sequence number.

Active

  Flash storage is initialized, page header has been written to flash, page has a valid sequence number. Page has some empty entries and data can be written there. No more than one page can be in this state at any given moment.

Full

  Flash storage is in a consistent state and is filled with key-value pairs. Writing new key-value pairs into this page is not possible. It is still possible to mark some key-value pairs as erased.

Erasing

  Non-erased key-value pairs are being moved into another page so that the current page can be erased. This is a transient state, i.e., page should never stay in this state at the time when any API call returns. In case of a sudden power off, the move-and-erase process will be completed upon the next power-on.

Corrupted

  Page header contains invalid data, and further parsing of page data was cancelled. Any items previously written into this page will not be accessible. The corresponding flash sector will not be erased immediately and will be kept along with sectors in uninitialized state for later use. This may be useful for debugging.

Mapping from flash sectors to logical pages does not have any particular order. The library will inspect sequence numbers of pages found in each flash sector and organize pages in a list based on these numbers.

    +--------+     +--------+     +--------+     +--------+
    | Page 1 |     | Page 2 |     | Page 3 |     | Page 4 |
    | Full   +---> | Full   +---> | Active |     | Empty  |   <- states
    | #11    |     | #12    |     | #14    |     |        |   <- sequence numbers
    +---+----+     +----+---+     +----+---+     +---+----+
        |               |              |             |
        |               |              |             |
        |               |              |             |
    +---v------+  +-----v----+  +------v---+  +------v---+
    | Sector 3 |  | Sector 0 |  | Sector 2 |  | Sector 1 |    <- physical sectors
    +----------+  +----------+  +----------+  +----------+

### Structure of a Page

For now, we assume that flash sector size is 4096 bytes and that ESP32-P4 flash encryption hardware operates on 32-byte blocks. It is possible to introduce some settings configurable at compile-time (e.g., via menuconfig) to accommodate flash chips with different sector sizes (although it is not clear if other components in the system, e.g., SPI flash driver and SPI flash cache can support these other sizes).

Page consists of three parts: header, entry state bitmap, and entries themselves. To be compatible with ESP32-P4 flash encryption, the entry size is 32 bytes. For integer types, an entry holds one key-value pair. For strings and blobs, an entry holds part of key-value pair (more on that in the entry structure description).

The following diagram illustrates the page structure. Numbers in parentheses indicate the size of each part in bytes.

    +-----------+--------------+-------------+-------------------------+
    | State (4) | Seq. no. (4) | version (1) | Unused (19) | CRC32 (4) |   Header (32)
    +-----------+--------------+-------------+-------------------------+
    |                Entry state bitmap (32)                           |
    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |                       Entry 0 (32)                               |
    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |                       Entry 1 (32)                               |
    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
    /                                                                  /
    /                                                                  /
    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |                       Entry 125 (32)                             |
    +------------------------------------------------------------------+

Page header and entry state bitmap are always written to flash unencrypted. Entries are encrypted if flash encryption feature of ESP32-P4 is used.

Page state values are defined in such a way that changing state is possible by writing 0 into some of the bits. Therefore it is not necessary to erase the page to change its state unless that is a change to the erased state.

The version field in the header reflects the NVS format version used. For backward compatibility reasons, it is decremented for every version upgrade starting at 0xff (i.e., 0xff for version-1, 0xfe for version-2 and so on).

CRC32 value in the header is calculated over the part which does not include a state value (bytes 4 to 28). The unused part is currently filled with `0xff` bytes.

The following sections describe the structure of entry state bitmap and entry itself.

### Entry and Entry State Bitmap

Each entry can be in one of the following three states represented with two bits in the entry state bitmap. The final four bits in the bitmap (256 - 2 * 126) are not used.

Empty (2'b11)

  Nothing is written into the specific entry yet. It is in an uninitialized state (all bytes are `0xff`).

Written (2'b10)

  A key-value pair (or part of key-value pair which spans multiple entries) has been written into the entry.

Erased (2'b00)

  A key-value pair in this entry has been discarded. Contents of this entry will not be parsed anymore.

### Structure of Entry

For values of primitive types (currently integers from 1 to 8 bytes long), entry holds one key-value pair. For string and blob types, entry holds part of the whole key-value pair. For strings, in case when a key-value pair spans multiple entries, all entries are stored in the same page. Blobs are allowed to span over multiple pages by dividing them into smaller chunks. For tracking these chunks, an additional fixed length metadata entry is stored called "blob index". Earlier formats of blobs are still supported (can be read and modified). However, once the blobs are modified, they are stored using the new format.

    +--------+----------+----------+----------------+-----------+---------------+----------+
    | NS (1) | Type (1) | Span (1) | ChunkIndex (1) | CRC32 (4) |    Key (16)   | Data (8) |
    +--------+----------+----------+----------------+-----------+---------------+----------+

                                             Primitive  +--------------------------------+
                                            +-------->  |     Data (8)                   |
                                            | Types     +--------------------------------+
                       +-> Fixed length --
                       |                    |           +---------+--------------+---------------+-------+
                       |                    +-------->  | Size(4) | ChunkCount(1)| ChunkStart(1) | Rsv(2)|
        Data format ---+                    Blob Index  +---------+--------------+---------------+-------+
                       |
                       |                             +----------+---------+-----------+
                       +->   Variable length   -->   | Size (2) | Rsv (2) | CRC32 (4) |
                            (Strings, Blob Data)     +----------+---------+-----------+

Individual fields in entry structure have the following meanings:

NS

  Namespace index for this entry. For more information on this value, see the section on namespaces implementation.

Type

  One byte indicating the value data type. See the `ItemType` enumeration in nvs_flash/include/nvs_handle.hpp for possible values.

Span

  Number of entries used by this key-value pair. For integer types, this is equal to 1. For strings and blobs, this depends on value length.

ChunkIndex

  Used to store the index of a blob-data chunk for blob types. For other types, this should be `0xff`.

CRC32

  Checksum calculated over all the bytes in this entry, except for the CRC32 field itself.

Key

  Zero-terminated ASCII string containing a key name. Maximum string length is 15 bytes, excluding a zero terminator.

Data

  For integer types, this field contains the value itself. If the value itself is shorter than 8 bytes, it is padded to the right, with unused bytes filled with `0xff`.

  For "blob index" entry, these 8 bytes hold the following information about data-chunks:

  - Size

      (Only for blob index.) Size, in bytes, of complete blob data.

  - ChunkCount

      (Only for blob index.) Total number of blob-data chunks into which the blob was divided during storage.

  - ChunkStart

      (Only for blob index.) ChunkIndex of the first blob-data chunk of this blob. Subsequent chunks have chunkIndex incrementally allocated (step of 1).

  For string and blob data chunks, these 8 bytes hold additional data about the value, which are described below:

  - Size

      (Only for strings and blobs.) Size, in bytes, of actual data. For strings, this includes zero terminators.

  - CRC32

      (Only for strings and blobs.) Checksum calculated over all bytes of data.

Variable length values (strings and blobs) are written into subsequent entries, 32 bytes per entry. The `Span` field of the first entry indicates how many entries are used.

### Namespaces

As mentioned above, each key-value pair belongs to one of the namespaces. Namespace identifiers (strings) are stored as keys of key-value pairs in namespace with index 0. Values corresponding to these keys are indexes of these namespaces.

    +-------------------------------------------+
    | NS=0 Type=uint8_t Key="wifi" Value=1      |   Entry describing namespace "wifi"
    +-------------------------------------------+
    | NS=1 Type=uint32_t Key="channel" Value=6  |   Key "channel" in namespace "wifi"
    +-------------------------------------------+
    | NS=0 Type=uint8_t Key="pwm" Value=2       |   Entry describing namespace "pwm"
    +-------------------------------------------+
    | NS=2 Type=uint16_t Key="channel" Value=20 |   Key "channel" in namespace "pwm"
    +-------------------------------------------+

### Item Hash List

To reduce the number of reads from flash memory, each member of the Page class maintains a list of pairs: item index; item hash. This list makes searches much quicker. Instead of iterating over all entries, reading them from flash one at a time, Page::findItem first performs a search for the item hash in the hash list. This gives the item index within the page if such an item exists. Due to a hash collision, it is possible that a different item is found. This is handled by falling back to iteration over items in flash.

Each node in the hash list contains a 24-bit hash and 8-bit item index. Hash is calculated based on item namespace, key name, and ChunkIndex. CRC32 is used for calculation; the result is truncated to 24 bits. To reduce the overhead for storing 32-bit entries in a linked list, the list is implemented as a double-linked list of arrays. Each array holds 29 entries, for the total size of 128 bytes, together with linked list pointers and a 32-bit count field. The minimum amount of extra RAM usage per page is therefore 128 bytes; maximum is 640 bytes.

### Read-only NVS

There are two levels of read-only NVS support:

- At the partition table level, a partition can be flagged as `readonly` in the partition table CSV file.

- At the application level, NVS partitions can be opened in read-only mode using the `nvs_open_from_partition()` function with the `NVS_READONLY` flag.

The default minimal size for NVS to function properly is 12 KiB (`0x3000`), meaning there have to be at least 3 pages with at least one of them being in Empty state. However if the NVS partition is flagged as `readonly` in the partition table CSV and is being opened in read-only mode, the partition can be as small as 4 KiB (`0x1000`).

Note

At the moment read-only flag is not reflected if NVS is using Block Device Layer as a storage.

### Underlying Storage

At build time the mode NVS will use for accessing its underlying storage can be configured. Two options are available in menuconfig option CONFIG_NVS_BDL_STACK.

ESP Partition API (default): NVS accesses storage using the esp_partition. This is the default mode of operation, where NVS uses SPI flash partitions defined in the partition table. In this mode:

- Initialization functions (`nvs_flash_init()`, `nvs_flash_init_partition()`) look up the partition and use esp_partition APIs to access it.

- The application can provide custom `esp_partition_t` pointer and call `nvs_flash_init_partition_ptr()`. This enables applications to overcome limitations of partition table based partitions, such as using partitions not defined in the partition table.

- This mode provides the best performance, as there is no additional abstraction layer between NVS and the underlying storage.

Block Device Layer (BDL): NVS accesses storage using esp_blockdev. This option enables NVS to operate on a block device that implements the esp_blockdev interface. In this mode:

- Initialization functions (`nvs_flash_init()`, `nvs_flash_init_partition()`) transparently create block devices using esp_partition, manage their lifecycles and internally use the esp_blockdev. For the application, this mode is similar to the default mode of operation.

- The application can provide custom block device handle and call `nvs_flash_init_partition_bdl()` to register it for NVS. The application is responsible for managing the block device handle lifecycle.

- As the BDL abstracts the underlying storage, there is an overhead compared to using esp_partition APIs directly. Choose this mode when esp_partition backed storage is not sufficient for the needs of the application.

Note

If custom Block Device is used in NVS, it has to satisfy the following requirements:

- `read_size` and `write_size` must be 1 byte (NVS requires byte-level granular access).

- `erase_size` must be a divisor of 4096 (NVS page size is fixed at 4096 bytes).

- `disk_size` must be a multiple of 4096 bytes.

- `default_val_after_erase` flag must be set to 1 (erased memory reads as `0xFF`).

- Operations (`read`, `write`, `erase`) must be implemented.

## API Reference

### Header File

- components/nvs_flash/include/nvs_flash.h

- This header file can be included with:

  >     #include "nvs_flash.h"

- This header file is a part of the API provided by the `nvs_flash` component. To declare that your component depends on `nvs_flash`, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

  >     REQUIRES nvs_flash

  > or

  >     PRIV_REQUIRES nvs_flash

### Functions

esp_err_t nvs_flash_init(void)

  Initialize the default NVS partition.

  This API initialises the default NVS partition. The default NVS partition is the one that is labeled "nvs" in the partition table.

  When "NVS_ENCRYPTION" is enabled in the menuconfig, this API enables the NVS encryption for the default NVS partition as follows

  1. Read security configurations from the first NVS key partition listed in the partition table. (NVS key partition is any "data" type partition which has the subtype value set to "nvs_keys")

  2. If the NVS key partition obtained in the previous step is empty, generate and store new keys in that NVS key partition.

  3. Internally call "nvs_flash_secure_init()" with the security configurations obtained/generated in the previous steps.

  Post initialization NVS read/write APIs remain the same irrespective of NVS encryption.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if storage was successfully initialized.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES if the NVS storage contains no empty pages (which may happen if NVS partition was truncated)

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND if no partition with label "nvs" is found in the partition table

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM in case memory could not be allocated for the internal structures

    - one of the error codes from the underlying flash storage driver

    - error codes from nvs_flash_read_security_cfg API (when "NVS_ENCRYPTION" is enabled).

    - error codes from nvs_flash_generate_keys API (when "NVS_ENCRYPTION" is enabled).

    - error codes from nvs_flash_secure_init_partition API (when "NVS_ENCRYPTION" is enabled) .

esp_err_t nvs_flash_init_partition(const char *partition_label)

  Initialize NVS flash storage for the specified partition.

  Parameters:

    partition_label -- [in] Label of the partition. Must be no longer than 16 characters.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if storage was successfully initialized.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES if the NVS storage contains no empty pages (which may happen if NVS partition was truncated)

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND if specified partition is not found in the partition table

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM in case memory could not be allocated for the internal structures

    - one of the error codes from the underlying flash storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_flash_init_partition_ptr(const esp_partition_t *partition)

  Initialize NVS flash storage on the partition specified by esp_partition pointer.

  This API initialises the NVS storage on an esp_partition. The storage is identified by the label of the respective partition. Note: this API is only available when the block device support is disabled in the menuconfig.

  Parameters:

    partition -- [in] pointer to a partition obtained by the ESP partition API.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if storage was successfully initialized

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES if the NVS storage contains no empty pages (which may happen if NVS partition was truncated)

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG in case partition is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM in case memory could not be allocated for the internal structures

    - one of the error codes from the underlying flash storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_flash_init_partition_bdl(const char *partition_label, esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl)

  Initialize NVS flash storage on the specified block device handle.

  This API initialises the NVS storage on a bdl device and identifies it with the given label. Caller of this API is responsible for creating and managing the lifetime of the block device handle. NVS component will stop using the handle when nvs_flash_deinit_partition() is called for the last partition label using this block device handle.

  Note: to use this API, the block device support must be enabled in the menuconfig option NVS_BDL_STACK

  Parameters:

    - partition_label -- [in] label of the partition to initialize

    - bdl -- [in] block device handle for the partition

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if storage was successfully initialized

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES if the NVS storage contains no empty pages (which may happen if NVS partition was truncated)

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG in case partition_label or bdl is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM in case memory could not be allocated for the internal structures

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the bdl handle does not fulfill the NVS compliance requirements

    - one of the error codes from the underlying flash storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_flash_deinit(void)

  Deinitialize NVS storage for the default NVS partition.

  Default NVS partition is the partition with "nvs" label in the partition table.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK on success (storage was deinitialized)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_INITIALIZED if the storage was not initialized prior to this call

esp_err_t nvs_flash_deinit_partition(const char *partition_label)

  Deinitialize NVS storage for the given NVS partition.

  Parameters:

    partition_label -- [in] Label of the partition

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK on success

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_INITIALIZED if the storage for given partition was not initialized prior to this call

esp_err_t nvs_flash_erase(void)

  Erase the default NVS partition.

  Erases all contents of the default NVS partition (one with label "nvs").

  Note

  If the partition is initialized, this function first de-initializes it. Afterwards, the partition has to be initialized again to be used.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK on success

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND if there is no NVS partition labeled "nvs" in the partition table

    - different error in case de-initialization fails (shouldn't happen)

esp_err_t nvs_flash_erase_partition(const char *part_name)

  Erase specified NVS partition.

  Erase all content of a specified NVS partition

  Note

  If the partition is initialized, this function first de-initializes it. Afterwards, the partition has to be initialized again to be used.

  Parameters:

    part_name -- [in] Name (label) of the partition which should be erased

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK on success

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND if there is no NVS partition with the specified name in the partition table

    - different error in case de-initialization fails (shouldn't happen)

esp_err_t nvs_flash_erase_partition_ptr(const esp_partition_t *partition)

  Erase custom partition.

  Erase all content of specified custom partition.

  Note

  If the partition is initialized, this function first de-initializes it. Afterwards, the partition has to be initialized again to be used.

  Parameters:

    partition -- [in] pointer to a partition obtained by the ESP partition API.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK on success

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND if there is no partition with the specified parameters in the partition table

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG in case partition is NULL

    - one of the error codes from the underlying flash storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_flash_secure_init(nvs_sec_cfg_t *cfg)

  Initialize the default NVS partition.

  This API initialises the default NVS partition. The default NVS partition is the one that is labeled "nvs" in the partition table.

  Parameters:

    cfg -- [in] Security configuration (keys) to be used for NVS encryption/decryption. If cfg is NULL, no encryption is used.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if storage has been initialized successfully.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES if the NVS storage contains no empty pages (which may happen if NVS partition was truncated)

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND if no partition with label "nvs" is found in the partition table

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM in case memory could not be allocated for the internal structures

    - one of the error codes from the underlying flash storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_flash_secure_init_partition(const char *partition_label, nvs_sec_cfg_t *cfg)

  Initialize NVS flash storage for the specified partition.

  Parameters:

    - partition_label -- [in] Label of the partition. Note that internally, a reference to passed value is kept and it should be accessible for future operations

    - cfg -- [in] Security configuration (keys) to be used for NVS encryption/decryption. If cfg is null, no encryption/decryption is used.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if storage has been initialized successfully.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES if the NVS storage contains no empty pages (which may happen if NVS partition was truncated)

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND if specified partition is not found in the partition table

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM in case memory could not be allocated for the internal structures

    - one of the error codes from the underlying flash storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_flash_generate_keys(const esp_partition_t *partition, nvs_sec_cfg_t *cfg)

  Generate and store NVS keys in the provided esp partition.

  Parameters:

    - partition -- [in] Pointer to partition structure obtained using esp_partition_find_first or esp_partition_get. Must be non-NULL.

    - cfg -- [out] Pointer to nvs security configuration structure. Pointer must be non-NULL. Generated keys will be populated in this structure.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK, if cfg was read successfully;

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, if partition or cfg is NULL;

    - or error codes from esp_partition_write/erase APIs.

esp_err_t nvs_flash_read_security_cfg(const esp_partition_t *partition, nvs_sec_cfg_t *cfg)

  Read NVS security configuration from a partition.

  Note

  Provided partition is assumed to be marked 'encrypted'.

  Parameters:

    - partition -- [in] Pointer to partition structure obtained using esp_partition_find_first or esp_partition_get. Must be non-NULL.

    - cfg -- [out] Pointer to nvs security configuration structure. Pointer must be non-NULL.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK, if cfg was read successfully;

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, if partition or cfg is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_KEYS_NOT_INITIALIZED, if the partition is not yet written with keys.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_CORRUPT_KEY_PART, if the partition containing keys is found to be corrupt

    - or error codes from esp_partition_read API.

esp_err_t nvs_flash_register_security_scheme(nvs_sec_scheme_t *scheme_cfg)

  Registers the given security scheme for NVS encryption The scheme registered with sec_scheme_id by this API be used as the default security scheme for the "nvs" partition. Users will have to call this API explicitly in their application.

  Parameters:

    scheme_cfg -- [in] Pointer to the security scheme configuration structure that the user (or the nvs_key_provider) wants to register.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK, if security scheme registration succeeds;

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, if scheme_cfg is NULL;

    - ESP_FAIL, if security scheme registration fails

void nvs_flash_deregister_security_scheme(void)

  Deregister the security scheme previously registered using nvs_flash_register_security_scheme.

nvs_sec_scheme_t *nvs_flash_get_default_security_scheme(void)

  Fetch the configuration structure for the default active security scheme for NVS encryption.

  Returns:

    Pointer to the default active security scheme configuration (NULL if no scheme is registered yet i.e. active)

esp_err_t nvs_flash_generate_keys_v2(nvs_sec_scheme_t *scheme_cfg, nvs_sec_cfg_t *cfg)

  Generate (and store) the NVS keys using the specified key-protection scheme.

  Parameters:

    - scheme_cfg -- [in] Security scheme specific configuration

    - cfg -- [out] Security configuration (encryption keys)

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK, if cfg was populated successfully with generated encryption keys;

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, if scheme_cfg or cfg is NULL;

    - ESP_FAIL, if the key generation process fails

esp_err_t nvs_flash_read_security_cfg_v2(nvs_sec_scheme_t *scheme_cfg, nvs_sec_cfg_t *cfg)

  Read NVS security configuration set by the specified security scheme.

  Parameters:

    - scheme_cfg -- [in] Security scheme specific configuration

    - cfg -- [out] Security configuration (encryption keys)

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK, if cfg was read successfully;

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, if scheme_cfg or cfg is NULL;

    - ESP_FAIL, if the key reading process fails

### Structures

struct nvs_sec_cfg_t

  Key for encryption and decryption.

  Public Members

  uint8_t eky[NVS_KEY_SIZE]

    XTS encryption and decryption key

  uint8_t tky[NVS_KEY_SIZE]

    XTS tweak key

struct nvs_sec_scheme_t

  NVS encryption: Security scheme configuration structure.

  Public Members

  int scheme_id

    Security Scheme ID (E.g. HMAC)

  void *scheme_data

    Scheme-specific data (E.g. eFuse block for HMAC-based key generation)

  nvs_flash_generate_keys_t nvs_flash_key_gen

    Callback for the nvs_flash_key_gen implementation

  nvs_flash_read_cfg_t nvs_flash_read_cfg

    Callback for the nvs_flash_read_keys implementation

### Macros

NVS_KEY_SIZE

### Type Definitions

typedef esp_err_t (*nvs_flash_generate_keys_t)(const void *scheme_data, nvs_sec_cfg_t *cfg)

  Callback function prototype for generating the NVS encryption keys.

typedef esp_err_t (*nvs_flash_read_cfg_t)(const void *scheme_data, nvs_sec_cfg_t *cfg)

  Callback function prototype for reading the NVS encryption keys.

### Header File

- components/nvs_flash/include/nvs.h

- This header file can be included with:

  >     #include "nvs.h"

- This header file is a part of the API provided by the `nvs_flash` component. To declare that your component depends on `nvs_flash`, add the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

  >     REQUIRES nvs_flash

  > or

  >     PRIV_REQUIRES nvs_flash

### Functions

esp_err_t nvs_set_i8(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, int8_t value)

  set int8_t value for given key

  Set value for the key, given its name. Note that the actual storage will not be updated until `nvs_commit` is called. Regardless whether key-value pair is created or updated, function always requires at least one nvs available entry. See `nvs_get_stats` . After create type of operation, the number of available entries is decreased by one. After update type of operation, the number of available entries remains the same.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Handle obtained from nvs_open function. Handles that were opened read only cannot be used.

    - key -- [in] Key name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

    - value -- [in] The value to set.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if value was set successfully

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_READ_ONLY if storage handle was opened as read only

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_NAME if key name doesn't satisfy constraints

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE if there is not enough space in the underlying storage to save the value

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_REMOVE_FAILED if the value wasn't updated because flash write operation has failed. The value was written however, and update will be finished after re-initialization of nvs, provided that flash operation doesn't fail again.

esp_err_t nvs_set_u8(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, uint8_t value)

  set uint8_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_set_i16(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, int16_t value)

  set int16_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_set_u16(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, uint16_t value)

  set uint16_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_set_i32(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, int32_t value)

  set int32_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_set_u32(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, uint32_t value)

  set uint32_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_set_i64(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, int64_t value)

  set int64_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_set_u64(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, uint64_t value)

  set uint64_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_set_float(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, float value)

  set float value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type. The value must be a valid IEEE 754 float (NaN is rejected).

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if value is NaN

    - For other return values, see `nvs_set_i8`

esp_err_t nvs_set_double(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, double value)

  set double value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_set_i8` except for the data type. The value must be a valid IEEE 754 double (NaN is rejected).

  Returns:

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if value is NaN

    - For other return values, see `nvs_set_i8`

esp_err_t nvs_set_str(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, const char *value)

  set string for given key

  Sets string value for the key. Function requires whole space for new data to be available as contiguous entries in same nvs page. Operation consumes 1 overhead entry and 1 entry per each 32 characters of new string including zero character to be set. In case of value update for existing key, entries occupied by the previous value and overhead entry are returned to the pool of available entries. Note that storage of long string values can fail due to fragmentation of nvs pages even if `available_entries` returned by `nvs_get_stats` suggests enough overall space available. Note that the underlying storage will not be updated until `nvs_commit` is called.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Handle obtained from nvs_open function. Handles that were opened read only cannot be used.

    - key -- [in] Key name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

    - value -- [in] The value to set. For strings, the maximum length (including null character) is 4000 bytes, if there is one complete page free for writing. This decreases, however, if the free space is fragmented.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if value was set successfully

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_READ_ONLY if storage handle was opened as read only

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_NAME if key name doesn't satisfy constraints

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE if there is not enough space in the underlying storage to save the value

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_REMOVE_FAILED if the value wasn't updated because flash write operation has failed. The value was written however, and update will be finished after re-initialization of nvs, provided that flash operation doesn't fail again.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_VALUE_TOO_LONG if the string value is too long

esp_err_t nvs_get_i8(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, int8_t *out_value)

  get int8_t value for given key

  These functions retrieve value for the key, given its name. If `key` does not exist, or the requested variable type doesn't match the type which was used when setting a value, an error is returned.

  In case of any error, out_value is not modified.

  `out_value` has to be a pointer to an already allocated variable of the given type.

      // Example of using nvs_get_i32:
      int32_t max_buffer_size = 4096; // default value
      esp_err_t err = nvs_get_i32(my_handle, "max_buffer_size", &max_buffer_size);
      assert(err == ESP_OK || err == ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND);
      // if ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND was returned, max_buffer_size will still
      // have its default value.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Handle obtained from nvs_open function.

    - key -- [in] Key name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

    - out_value -- Pointer to the output value. May be NULL for nvs_get_str and nvs_get_blob, in this case required length will be returned in length argument.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if the value was retrieved successfully

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND if the requested key doesn't exist

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_NAME if key name doesn't satisfy constraints

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_LENGTH if length is not sufficient to store data

esp_err_t nvs_get_u8(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, uint8_t *out_value)

  get uint8_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_i16(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, int16_t *out_value)

  get int16_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_u16(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, uint16_t *out_value)

  get uint16_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_i32(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, int32_t *out_value)

  get int32_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_u32(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, uint32_t *out_value)

  get uint32_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_i64(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, int64_t *out_value)

  get int64_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_u64(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, uint64_t *out_value)

  get uint64_t value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_float(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, float *out_value)

  get float value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_double(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, double *out_value)

  get double value for given key

  This function is the same as `nvs_get_i8` except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_get_str(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, char *out_value, size_t *length)

  get string value for given key

  These functions retrieve the data of an entry, given its key. If key does not exist, or the requested variable type doesn't match the type which was used when setting a value, an error is returned.

  In case of any error, out_value is not modified.

  All functions expect out_value to be a pointer to an already allocated variable of the given type.

  nvs_get_str and nvs_get_blob functions support WinAPI-style length queries. To get the size necessary to store the value, call nvs_get_str or nvs_get_blob with zero out_value and non-zero pointer to length. Variable pointed to by length argument will be set to the required length. For nvs_get_str, this length includes the zero terminator. When calling nvs_get_str and nvs_get_blob with non-zero out_value, length has to be non-zero and has to point to the length available in out_value. It is suggested that nvs_get/set_str is used for zero-terminated C strings, and nvs_get/set_blob used for arbitrary data structures.

      // Example (without error checking) of using nvs_get_str to get a string into dynamic array:
      size_t required_size;
      nvs_get_str(my_handle, "server_name", NULL, &required_size);
      char* server_name = malloc(required_size);
      nvs_get_str(my_handle, "server_name", server_name, &required_size);

      // Example (without error checking) of using nvs_get_blob to get a binary data
      into a static array:
      uint8_t mac_addr[6];
      size_t size = sizeof(mac_addr);
      nvs_get_blob(my_handle, "dst_mac_addr", mac_addr, &size);

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Handle obtained from nvs_open function.

    - key -- [in] Key name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

    - out_value -- [out] Pointer to the output value. May be NULL for nvs_get_str and nvs_get_blob, in this case required length will be returned in length argument.

    - length -- [inout] A non-zero pointer to the variable holding the length of out_value. In case out_value a zero, will be set to the length required to hold the value. In case out_value is not zero, will be set to the actual length of the value written. For nvs_get_str this includes zero terminator.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if the value was retrieved successfully

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND if the requested key doesn't exist

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_NAME if key name doesn't satisfy constraints

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_LENGTH if `length` is not sufficient to store data

esp_err_t nvs_get_blob(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, void *out_value, size_t *length)

  get blob value for given key

  This function behaves the same as `nvs_get_str`, except for the data type.

esp_err_t nvs_open(const char *namespace_name, nvs_open_mode_t open_mode, nvs_handle_t *out_handle)

  Open non-volatile storage with a given namespace from the default NVS partition.

  Multiple internal ESP-IDF and third party application modules can store their key-value pairs in the NVS module. In order to reduce possible conflicts on key names, each module can use its own namespace. The default NVS partition is the one that is labelled "nvs" in the partition table.

  Parameters:

    - namespace_name -- [in] Namespace name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

    - open_mode -- [in] NVS_READONLY opens a read only handle NVS_READWRITE opens a read/write handle. erase and set operations are allowed. previous data is marked as deleted only and new data is written to a new location. NVS_READWRITE_PURGE opens a read/write handle. Update and erase operations are allowed. previous data is purged from flash memory to ensure that it cannot be recovered. New data is written to a new location.

    - out_handle -- [out] If successful (return code is zero), handle will be returned in this argument.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if storage handle was opened successfully

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_INITIALIZED if the storage driver is not initialized

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_PART_NOT_FOUND if the partition with label "nvs" is not found

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND id namespace doesn't exist yet and mode is NVS_READONLY

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_NAME if namespace name doesn't satisfy constraints

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM in case memory could not be allocated for the internal structures

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE if there is no space for a new entry or there are too many different namespaces (maximum allowed different namespaces: 254)

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_ALLOWED if the NVS partition is read-only and mode is NVS_READWRITE

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if out_handle is equal to NULL

    - other error codes from the underlying storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_open_from_partition(const char *part_name, const char *namespace_name, nvs_open_mode_t open_mode, nvs_handle_t *out_handle)

  Open non-volatile storage with a given namespace from specified partition.

  The behaviour is same as nvs_open() API. However this API can operate on a specified NVS partition instead of default NVS partition. Note that the specified partition must be registered with NVS using nvs_flash_init_partition() API.

  Parameters:

    - part_name -- [in] Label (name) of the partition of interest for object read/write/erase

    - namespace_name -- [in] Namespace name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

    - open_mode -- [in] NVS_READWRITE or NVS_READONLY. If NVS_READONLY, will open a handle for reading only. All write requests will be rejected for this handle.

    - out_handle -- [out] If successful (return code is zero), handle will be returned in this argument.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if storage handle was opened successfully

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_INITIALIZED if the storage driver is not initialized

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_PART_NOT_FOUND if the partition with specified name is not found

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND id namespace doesn't exist yet and mode is NVS_READONLY

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_NAME if namespace name doesn't satisfy constraints

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM in case memory could not be allocated for the internal structures

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE if there is no space for a new entry or there are too many different namespaces (maximum allowed different namespaces: 254)

    - ESP_ERR_NOT_ALLOWED if the NVS partition is read-only and mode is NVS_READWRITE

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if out_handle is equal to NULL

    - other error codes from the underlying storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_set_blob(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, const void *value, size_t length)

  set variable length binary value for given key

  Sets variable length binary value for the key. Function uses 2 overhead and 1 entry per each 32 bytes of new data from the pool of available entries. See `nvs_get_stats` . In case of value update for existing key, space occupied by the existing value and 2 overhead entries are returned to the pool of available entries. Note that the underlying storage will not be updated until `nvs_commit` is called.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Handle obtained from nvs_open function. Handles that were opened read only cannot be used.

    - key -- [in] Key name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

    - value -- [in] The value to set.

    - length -- [in] length of binary value to set, in bytes; Maximum length is 508000 bytes or (97.6% of the partition size - 4000) bytes whichever is lower.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if value was set successfully

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_READ_ONLY if storage handle was opened as read only

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_NAME if key name doesn't satisfy constraints

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE if there is not enough space in the underlying storage to save the value

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_REMOVE_FAILED if the value wasn't updated because flash write operation has failed. The value was written however, and update will be finished after re-initialization of nvs, provided that flash operation doesn't fail again.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_VALUE_TOO_LONG if the value is too long

esp_err_t nvs_find_key(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key, nvs_type_t *out_type)

  Lookup key-value pair with given key name.

  Note that function may indicate both existence of the key as well as the data type of NVS entry if it is found.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Storage handle obtained with nvs_open.

    - key -- [in] Key name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

    - out_type -- [out] Pointer to the output variable populated with data type of NVS entry in case key was found. May be NULL, respective data type is then not provided.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if NVS entry for key provided was found

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND if the requested key doesn't exist

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - other error codes from the underlying storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_erase_key(nvs_handle_t handle, const char *key)

  Erase key-value pair with given key name.

  Note that actual storage may not be updated until nvs_commit function is called.

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Storage handle obtained with nvs_open. Handles that were opened read only cannot be used.

    - key -- [in] Key name. Maximum length is (NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE-1) characters. Shouldn't be empty.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if erase operation was successful

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_READ_ONLY if handle was opened as read only

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND if the requested key doesn't exist

    - other error codes from the underlying storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_erase_all(nvs_handle_t handle)

  Erase all key-value pairs in a namespace.

  Note that actual storage may not be updated until nvs_commit function is called.

  Parameters:

    handle -- [in] Storage handle obtained with nvs_open. Handles that were opened read only cannot be used.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if erase operation was successful

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_READ_ONLY if handle was opened as read only

    - other error codes from the underlying storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_purge_all(nvs_handle_t handle)

  Purge data of all erased key-value pairs in a namespace.

  Note that actual storage may not be updated until nvs_commit function is called.

  Parameters:

    handle -- [in] Storage handle obtained with nvs_open. Handles that were opened read only cannot be used.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if erase operation was successful

    - ESP_FAIL if there is an internal error; most likely due to corrupted NVS partition (only if NVS assertion checks are disabled)

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_READ_ONLY if handle was opened as read only

    - other error codes from the underlying storage driver

esp_err_t nvs_commit(nvs_handle_t handle)

  Write any pending changes to non-volatile storage.

  After setting any values, nvs_commit() must be called to ensure changes are written to non-volatile storage. Individual implementations may write to storage at other times, but this is not guaranteed.

  Parameters:

    handle -- [in] Storage handle obtained with nvs_open. Handles that were opened read only cannot be used.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if the changes have been written successfully

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL

    - other error codes from the underlying storage driver

void nvs_close(nvs_handle_t handle)

  Close the storage handle and free any allocated resources.

  This function should be called for each handle opened with nvs_open once the handle is not in use any more. Closing the handle may not automatically write the changes to nonvolatile storage. This has to be done explicitly using nvs_commit function. Once this function is called on a handle, the handle should no longer be used.

  Parameters:

    handle -- [in] Storage handle to close

esp_err_t nvs_get_stats(const char *part_name, nvs_stats_t *nvs_stats)

  Fill structure nvs_stats_t. It provides info about memory used by NVS.

  This function calculates the number of used entries, free entries, available entries, total entries and number of namespaces in partition.

      // Example of nvs_get_stats() to get overview of actual statistics of data entries :
      nvs_stats_t nvs_stats;
      nvs_get_stats(NULL, &nvs_stats);
      printf("Count: UsedEntries = (%lu), FreeEntries = (%lu), AvailableEntries = (%lu), AllEntries = (%lu)\n",
             nvs_stats.used_entries, nvs_stats.free_entries, nvs_stats.available_entries, nvs_stats.total_entries);

  Parameters:

    - part_name -- [in] Partition name NVS in the partition table. If pass a NULL than will use NVS_DEFAULT_PART_NAME ("nvs").

    - nvs_stats -- [out] Returns filled structure nvs_states_t. It provides info about used memory the partition.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if the changes have been written successfully. Return param nvs_stats will be filled.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_PART_NOT_FOUND if the partition with label "name" is not found. Return param nvs_stats will be filled 0.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_INITIALIZED if the storage driver is not initialized. Return param nvs_stats will be filled 0.

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if nvs_stats is equal to NULL.

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE if there is page with the status of INVALID. Return param nvs_stats will be filled not with correct values because not all pages will be counted. Counting will be interrupted at the first INVALID page.

esp_err_t nvs_get_used_entry_count(nvs_handle_t handle, size_t *used_entries)

  Calculate all entries in a namespace.

  An entry represents the smallest storage unit in NVS. Strings and blobs may occupy more than one entry. Note that to find out the total number of entries occupied by the namespace, add one to the returned value used_entries (if err is equal to ESP_OK). Because the name space entry takes one entry.

      // Example of nvs_get_used_entry_count() to get amount of all key-value pairs in one namespace:
      nvs_handle_t handle;
      nvs_open("namespace1", NVS_READWRITE, &handle);
      ...
      size_t used_entries;
      size_t total_entries_namespace;
      if(nvs_get_used_entry_count(handle, &used_entries) == ESP_OK){
      // the total number of entries occupied by the namespace
          total_entries_namespace = used_entries + 1;
      }

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Handle obtained from nvs_open function.

    - used_entries -- [out] Returns amount of used entries from a namespace.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if the changes have been written successfully. Return param used_entries will be filled valid value.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_INITIALIZED if the storage driver is not initialized. Return param used_entries will be filled 0.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if handle has been closed or is NULL. Return param used_entries will be filled 0.

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if used_entries is equal to NULL.

    - Other error codes from the underlying storage driver. Return param used_entries will be filled 0.

esp_err_t nvs_entry_find(const char *part_name, const char *namespace_name, nvs_type_t type, nvs_iterator_t *output_iterator)

  Create an iterator to enumerate NVS entries based on one or more parameters.

      // Example of listing all the key-value pairs of any type under specified partition and namespace
       nvs_iterator_t it = NULL;
       esp_err_t res = nvs_entry_find(<nvs_partition_name>, <namespace>, NVS_TYPE_ANY, &it);
       while(res == ESP_OK) {
      nvs_entry_info_t info;
           nvs_entry_info(it, &info); // Can omit error check if parameters are guaranteed to be non-NULL
           printf("key '%s', type '%d' \n", info.key, info.type);
           res = nvs_entry_next(&it);
       }
       nvs_release_iterator(it);

  Parameters:

    - part_name -- [in] Partition name

    - namespace_name -- [in] Set this value if looking for entries with a specific namespace. Pass NULL otherwise.

    - type -- [in] One of nvs_type_t values.

    - output_iterator -- [out] Set to a valid iterator to enumerate all the entries found. Set to NULL if no entry for specified criteria was found. If any other error except ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG occurs, `output_iterator` is NULL, too. If ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG occurs, `output_iterator` is not changed. If a valid iterator is obtained through this function, it has to be released using `nvs_release_iterator` when not used any more, unless ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG is returned.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if no internal error or programming error occurred.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND if no element of specified criteria has been found.

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if memory has been exhausted during allocation of internal structures.

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if any of the parameters is NULL. Note: don't release `output_iterator` in case ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG has been returned

esp_err_t nvs_entry_find_in_handle(nvs_handle_t handle, nvs_type_t type, nvs_iterator_t *output_iterator)

  Create an iterator to enumerate NVS entries based on a handle and type.

      // Example of listing all the key-value pairs of any type under specified handle (which defines a partition and namespace)
       nvs_iterator_t it = NULL;
       esp_err_t res = nvs_entry_find_in_handle(<nvs_handle>, NVS_TYPE_ANY, &it);
       while(res == ESP_OK) {
      nvs_entry_info_t info;
           nvs_entry_info(it, &info); // Can omit error check if parameters are guaranteed to be non-NULL
           printf("key '%s', type '%d' \n", info.key, info.type);
           res = nvs_entry_next(&it);
       }
       nvs_release_iterator(it);

  Parameters:

    - handle -- [in] Handle obtained from nvs_open function.

    - type -- [in] One of nvs_type_t values.

    - output_iterator -- [out] Set to a valid iterator to enumerate all the entries found. Set to NULL if no entry for specified criteria was found. If any other error except ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG occurs, `output_iterator` is NULL, too. If ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG occurs, `output_iterator` is not changed. If a valid iterator is obtained through this function, it has to be released using `nvs_release_iterator` when not used any more, unless ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG is returned.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if no internal error or programming error occurred.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND if no element of specified criteria has been found.

    - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if memory has been exhausted during allocation of internal structures.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE if unknown handle was specified.

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if output_iterator parameter is NULL. Note: don't release `output_iterator` in case ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG has been returned

esp_err_t nvs_entry_next(nvs_iterator_t *iterator)

  Advances the iterator to next item matching the iterator criteria.

  Note that any copies of the iterator will be invalid after this call.

  Parameters:

    iterator -- [inout] Iterator obtained from nvs_entry_find or nvs_entry_find_in_handle function. Must be non-NULL. If any error except ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG occurs, `iterator` is set to NULL. If ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG occurs, `iterator` is not changed.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if no internal error or programming error occurred.

    - ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND if no next element matching the iterator criteria.

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if `iterator` is NULL.

    - Possibly other errors in the future for internal programming or flash errors.

esp_err_t nvs_entry_info(const nvs_iterator_t iterator, nvs_entry_info_t *out_info)

  Fills nvs_entry_info_t structure with information about entry pointed to by the iterator.

  Parameters:

    - iterator -- [in] Iterator obtained from nvs_entry_find or nvs_entry_find_in_handle function. Must be non-NULL.

    - out_info -- [out] Structure to which entry information is copied.

  Returns:

    - ESP_OK if all parameters are valid; current iterator data has been written to out_info

    - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if one of the parameters is NULL.

void nvs_release_iterator(nvs_iterator_t iterator)

  Release iterator.

  Parameters:

    iterator -- [in] Release iterator obtained from nvs_entry_find or nvs_entry_find_in_handle or nvs_entry_next function. NULL argument is allowed.

### Structures

struct nvs_entry_info_t

  information about entry obtained from nvs_entry_info function

  Public Members

  char namespace_name[NVS_NS_NAME_MAX_SIZE]

    Namespace to which key-value belong

  char key[NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE]

    Key of stored key-value pair

  nvs_type_t type

    Type of stored key-value pair

struct nvs_stats_t

  Note

  Info about storage space NVS.

  Public Members

  size_t used_entries

    Number of used entries.

  size_t free_entries

    Number of free entries. It includes also reserved entries.

  size_t available_entries

    Number of entries available for data storage.

  size_t total_entries

    Number of all entries.

  size_t namespace_count

    Number of namespaces.

### Macros

ESP_ERR_NVS_BASE

  Starting number of error codes

ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_INITIALIZED

  The storage driver is not initialized

ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_FOUND

  A requested entry couldn't be found or namespace doesn’t exist yet and mode is NVS_READONLY

ESP_ERR_NVS_TYPE_MISMATCH

  The type of set or get operation doesn't match the type of value stored in NVS

ESP_ERR_NVS_READ_ONLY

  Storage handle was opened as read only

ESP_ERR_NVS_NOT_ENOUGH_SPACE

  There is not enough space in the underlying storage to save the value

ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_NAME

  Namespace name doesn’t satisfy constraints

ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_HANDLE

  Handle has been closed or is NULL

ESP_ERR_NVS_REMOVE_FAILED

  The value wasn’t updated because flash write operation has failed. The value was written however, and update will be finished after re-initialization of nvs, provided that flash operation doesn’t fail again.

ESP_ERR_NVS_KEY_TOO_LONG

  Key name is too long

ESP_ERR_NVS_PAGE_FULL

  Internal error; never returned by nvs API functions

ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_STATE

  NVS is in an inconsistent state due to a previous error. Call nvs_flash_init and nvs_open again, then retry.

ESP_ERR_NVS_INVALID_LENGTH

  String or blob length is not sufficient to store data

ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES

  NVS partition doesn't contain any empty pages. This may happen if NVS partition was truncated. Erase the whole partition and call nvs_flash_init again.

ESP_ERR_NVS_VALUE_TOO_LONG

  Value doesn't fit into the entry or string or blob length is longer than supported by the implementation

ESP_ERR_NVS_PART_NOT_FOUND

  Partition with specified name is not found in the partition table

ESP_ERR_NVS_NEW_VERSION_FOUND

  NVS partition contains data in new format and cannot be recognized by this version of code

ESP_ERR_NVS_XTS_ENCR_FAILED

  XTS encryption failed while writing NVS entry

ESP_ERR_NVS_XTS_DECR_FAILED

  XTS decryption failed while reading NVS entry

ESP_ERR_NVS_XTS_CFG_FAILED

  XTS configuration setting failed

ESP_ERR_NVS_XTS_CFG_NOT_FOUND

  XTS configuration not found

ESP_ERR_NVS_ENCR_NOT_SUPPORTED

  NVS encryption is not supported in this version

ESP_ERR_NVS_KEYS_NOT_INITIALIZED

  NVS key partition is uninitialized

ESP_ERR_NVS_CORRUPT_KEY_PART

  NVS key partition is corrupt

ESP_ERR_NVS_WRONG_ENCRYPTION

  NVS partition is marked as encrypted with generic flash encryption. This is forbidden since the NVS encryption works differently.

ESP_ERR_NVS_CONTENT_DIFFERS

  Internal error; never returned by nvs API functions. NVS key is different in comparison

NVS_DEFAULT_PART_NAME

  Default partition name of the NVS partition in the partition table

NVS_PART_NAME_MAX_SIZE

  maximum length of partition name (excluding null terminator)

NVS_KEY_NAME_MAX_SIZE

  Maximum length of NVS key name (including null terminator)

NVS_NS_NAME_MAX_SIZE

  Maximum length of NVS namespace name (including null terminator)

NVS_GUARD_SYSVIEW_MACRO_EXPANSION_PUSH()

NVS_GUARD_SYSVIEW_MACRO_EXPANSION_POP()

### Type Definitions

typedef uint32_t nvs_handle_t

  Opaque pointer type representing non-volatile storage handle

typedef nvs_handle_t nvs_handle

typedef nvs_open_mode_t nvs_open_mode

typedef struct nvs_opaque_iterator_t *nvs_iterator_t

  Opaque pointer type representing iterator to nvs entries

### Enumerations

enum nvs_open_mode_t

  Mode of opening the non-volatile storage.

  Values:

  enumerator NVS_READONLY

    Read only

  enumerator NVS_READWRITE

    Read and write

  enumerator NVS_READWRITE_PURGE

    Read and write

enum nvs_type_t

  Types of variables.

  Values:

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_U8

    Type uint8_t

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_I8

    Type int8_t

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_U16

    Type uint16_t

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_I16

    Type int16_t

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_U32

    Type uint32_t

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_I32

    Type int32_t

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_U64

    Type uint64_t

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_I64

    Type int64_t

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_FLOAT

    Type float (IEEE 754 single precision)

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_DOUBLE

    Type double (IEEE 754 double precision)

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_STR

    Type string

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_BLOB

    Type blob

  enumerator NVS_TYPE_ANY

    Must be last

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