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React local Storage hook
import React from "react";
const useLocalStorage=(key, initialValue,clearCache=false)=> {
// State to store our value
// Pass initial state function to useState so logic is only executed once
if(clearCache){window.localStorage.removeItem(key)}
const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = React.useState(() => {
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.log(error);
return initialValue;
}
});
// Return a wrapped version of useState's setter function that ...
// ... persists the new value to localStorage.
const setValue = (value) => {
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
window.localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(valueToStore));
} catch (error) {
// A more advanced implementation would handle the error case
console.log(error);
}
};
return [storedValue, setValue];
}
export {
useLocalStorage,
}
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