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useLocalStorage

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useLocalStorage.js Raw #

import { useEffect, useState } from "react"

export function useLocalStorage(key, initialValue) {
  const [value, setValue] = useState(() => {
    const localValue = localStorage.getItem(key)
    if (localValue == null) {
      if (typeof initialValue === "function") {
        return initialValue()
      } else {
        return initialValue
      }
    } else {
      return JSON.parse(localValue)
    }
  })

  useEffect(() => {
    if (value === undefined) {
      localStorage.removeItem(key)
    } else {
      localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value))
    }
  }, [value, key])

  return [value, setValue]
}

App.jsx Raw #

import { useLocalStorage } from "./useLocalStorage"

function App() {
  const [firstName, setFirstName] = useLocalStorage("FIRST_NAME", "")

  const [lastName, setLastName] = useLocalStorage("LAST_NAME", () => {
    return "Default"
  })

  const [hobbies, setHobbies] = useLocalStorage("HOBBIES", [
    "Programming",
    "Weight Lifting",
  ])

  return (
    <>
      <div
        style={{
          display: "flex",
          flexDirection: "column",
          alignItems: "flex-start",
          marginBottom: "1rem",
        }}
      >
        <label>First Name</label>
        <input
          type="text"
          value={firstName}
          onChange={e => setFirstName(e.target.value)}
        />
      </div>

      <div
        style={{
          display: "flex",
          flexDirection: "column",
          alignItems: "flex-start",
          marginBottom: "1rem",
        }}
      >
        <label>Last Name</label>
        <input
          type="text"
          value={lastName}
          onChange={e => setLastName(e.target.value)}
        />
      </div>

      <div>{hobbies.join(", ")}</div>
      <button
        onClick={() =>
          setHobbies(currentHobbies => [...currentHobbies, "New Hobby"])
        }
      >
        Add Hobby
      </button>
    </>
  )
}

export default App