Set a session variable and retrieve it javascript

You can set session value in javascript code and retrieve them at any point during the users session. The first example saves a value in the current session. The second example retrieves the value from the session.

Save value in session

   if (this.session.inputs.gender == "2") {
        this.session.setSessionValue('genderDescription',"User is Female");
    } else {
        this.session.setSessionValue('genderDescription',"User is Male");
    }

Retrieve saved session value

    let genderDescription  = this.session.inputs.genderDescription;//retrieve saved input
    this.menu.addText(genderDescription);