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import { useState } from 'react';
// Usage
function App() {
// Similar to useState but first arg is key to the value in local storage.
const [name, setName] = useLocalStorage('name', 'Bob');
return (
<div>
<input
type="text"
placeholder="Enter your name"
value={name}
onChange={e => setName(e.target.value)}
/>
</div>
);
}
// Hook
function useLocalStorage(key, initialValue) {
// State to store our value
// Pass initial state function to useState so logic is only executed once
const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = 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];
}
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ris58h commented Sep 13, 2022

Could we add a custom serialization/deserialization logic?
function useLocalStorage(key, initialValue, serialize = JSON.stringify, deserialize = JSON.parse) {
And use those functions instead of calling JSON.stringify/JSON.parse.

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