How to get and set current session filter, sort (etc) so that it can be saved and loaded into next session?

[qfyra]

Is it possible to somehow get hold of the filter and sorting and other such items, save it in session storage (e.g. cookie), and then load it into the table in the next session? For instance, if a user has entered the string filter "contains XYZ", how can we keep that and apply it when the user comes back to the page? Or if a user has sorted a datetime column in descending order, how can we apply that again when the user comes back?