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React useLocalStorage Custom Hook #hooks
// Adapted from: https://usehooks.com/useLocalStorage/
/**
* Get and set a value in browser local storage
*
* @param {string} key - key for the data
* @param {T} initialValue - initial data value
*/
const useLocalStorage = <T>(key: string, initialValue: T) => {
// State to store our value
// Pass initial state function to useState so logic is only executed once
const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = useState<T>(() => {
if (typeof window === "undefined") {
return initialValue;
}
try {
// Get from local storage by key
const item = window.localStorage.getItem(key);
// Parse stored json or if none return initialValue
return item ? JSON.parse(item) : initialValue;
} catch (error) {
// If error also return initialValue
console.error(error);
return initialValue;
}
});
// Return a wrapped version of useState's setter function that ...
// ... persists the new value to localStorage.
const setValue = (value: T | ((val: T) => T)) => {
try {
// Allow value to be a function so we have same API as useState
const valueToStore =
value instanceof Function ? value(storedValue) : value;
// Save state
setStoredValue(valueToStore);
// Save to local storage
if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
window.localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(valueToStore));
}
} catch (error) {
// A more advanced implementation would handle the error case
console.error(error);
}
};
return [storedValue, setValue] as const;
};
export default useLocalStorage;
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