set JavaScript variable in another page - javascript

I am currently learning JavaScript and PHP, and I came across a simple problem .
I have a script file which collects some certain data , and I can save it to a variable . what I'm struggling with is to open another page (.PHP) and set the collected data into a textarea tag I have in that page . So for recap ,I click on send , the script collects data ,opens second page and puts it into the textarea I created for it.
document.getElementById('getJSON').addEventListener('click', function() {
var survey_schema =formBuilder.actions.getData('json'); //the variable i want to send
alert (survey_schema); // just test alert to check data
//some code should be here (any help ??)
});
any help is appreciated.
thank you in advance

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var yourObj = { 'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3 };
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localStorage.setItem('KeyObject', JSON.stringify(yourObj));
// Retrieve the object from storage in other page based on key
// Note that also you can send key as queryString
var retrievedObject = localStorage.getItem('KeyObject');
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var json = JSON.parse(retrievedObject)
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