LocalStorage JavaScript Module

LocalStorage.js

/**
 * Check if localStorage is supported                       const isSupported: boolean
 * Check if localStorage has an Item                        function hasItem(key: string): boolean
 * Get the amount of space left in localStorage             function getRemainingSpace(): number
 * Get the maximum amount of space in localStorage          function getMaximumSpace(): number
 * Get the used space in localStorage                       function getUsedSpace(): number
 * Backup Assosiative Array                                 interface Backup
 * Get a Backup of localStorage                             function getBackup(): Backup
 * Apply a Backup to localStorage                           function applyBackup(backup: Backup, fClear: boolean = true, fOverwriteExisting: boolean = true)
 * Dump all information of localStorage in the console      function consoleInfo(fShowMaximumSize: boolean = false)
 */
var LocalStorage;
(function (LocalStorage) {
    /**
     * Flag set true if the Browser supports localStorage
     */
    LocalStorage.isSupported = (function () {
        try {
            var itemBackup = localStorage.getItem("");
            localStorage.removeItem("");
            localStorage.setItem("", itemBackup);
            if (itemBackup === null)
                localStorage.removeItem("");
            else
                localStorage.setItem("", itemBackup);
            return true;
        }
        catch (e) {
            return false;
        }
    })();
    /**
     * Check if localStorage has an Item / exists with the give key
     * @param key the key of the Item
     */
    function hasItem(key) {
        return localStorage.getItem(key) !== null;
    }
    LocalStorage.hasItem = hasItem;
    /**
     * This will return the left space in localStorage without affecting it's content
     * Might be slow !!!
     */
    function getRemainingSpace() {
        var itemBackup = localStorage.getItem("");
        var increase = true;
        var data = "1";
        var totalData = "";
        var trytotalData = "";
        while (true) {
            try {
                trytotalData = totalData + data;
                localStorage.setItem("", trytotalData);
                totalData = trytotalData;
                if (increase)
                    data += data;
            }
            catch (e) {
                if (data.length < 2) {
                    break;
                }
                increase = false;
                data = data.substr(data.length / 2);
            }
        }
        if (itemBackup === null)
            localStorage.removeItem("");
        else
            localStorage.setItem("", itemBackup);
        return totalData.length;
    }
    LocalStorage.getRemainingSpace = getRemainingSpace;
    /**
     * This function returns the maximum size of localStorage without affecting it's content
     * Might be slow !!!
     */
    function getMaximumSpace() {
        var backup = getBackup();
        localStorage.clear();
        var max = getRemainingSpace();
        applyBackup(backup);
        return max;
    }
    LocalStorage.getMaximumSpace = getMaximumSpace;
    /**
     * This will return the currently used size of localStorage
     */
    function getUsedSpace() {
        var sum = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < localStorage.length; ++i) {
            var key = localStorage.key(i)
            var value = localStorage.getItem(key);
            sum += key.length + value.length;
        }
        return sum;
    }
    LocalStorage.getUsedSpace = getUsedSpace;
    /**
 * This will return the currently used size of a given Item, returns NaN if key is not found
 * @param key
 */
    function getItemUsedSpace(key) {
        var value = localStorage.getItem(key);
        if (value === null) {
            return NaN;
        }
        else {
            return key.length + value.length;
        }
    }
    LocalStorage.getItemUsedSpace = getItemUsedSpace;
    /**
     * This will return a localStorage-backup (Associative-Array key->value)
     */
    function getBackup() {
        var backup = {};
        for (var i = 0; i < localStorage.length; ++i) {
            var key = localStorage.key(i);
            var value = localStorage.getItem(key);
            backup[key] = value;
        }
        return backup;
    }
    LocalStorage.getBackup = getBackup;
    /**
     * This will apply a localStorage-Backup (Associative-Array key->value)
     * @param backup            associative-array
     * @param fClear             optional flag to clear all existing storage first. Default: true
     * @param fOverwriteExisting optional flag to replace existing keys. Default: true
     */
    function applyBackup(backup, fClear, fOverwriteExisting) {
        if (fClear === void 0) { fClear = true; }
        if (fOverwriteExisting === void 0) { fOverwriteExisting = true; }
        if (fClear == true) {
            localStorage.clear();
        }
        for (var key in backup) {
            if (fOverwriteExisting === false && backup[key] !== undefined) {
                continue;
            }
            var value = backup[key];
            localStorage.setItem(key, value);
        }
    }
    LocalStorage.applyBackup = applyBackup;
    /**
     * This functions dumps all keys and values of the local Storage to the console,
     * as well as the current size and number of items
     * @param fShowMaximumSize optional, flag show maximum size of localStorage. Default: false
     */
    function consoleInfo(fShowMaximumSize) {
        if (fShowMaximumSize === void 0) { fShowMaximumSize = false; }
        var amount = 0;
        var size = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < localStorage.length; ++i) {
            var key = localStorage.key(i)
            var value = localStorage.getItem(key);
            console.log(amount, key, value);
            size += key.length + value.length;
            amount++;
        }
        console.log("Total entries:", amount);
        console.log("Total size:", size);
        if (fShowMaximumSize === true) {
            var maxSize = getMaximumSpace();
            console.log("Total size:", maxSize);
        }
    }
    LocalStorage.consoleInfo = consoleInfo;
})(LocalStorage || (LocalStorage = {}));
/*
    // Example

    console.log("LocalStorage supported:", LocalStorage.isSupported)// true - I hope so anyways 😉
    localStorage.setItem("asd", "ASDASD")                           // sets / overwrites the item "asd"
    localStorage.setItem("asd" + Math.random(), "ASDASD")           // set another item each time you refresh the page
    var backup = LocalStorage.getBackup()                           // creates a backup, we will need it later!
    console.log(JSON.stringify(backup))                             // this is how the backup looks like
    var usedSpace = LocalStorage.getUsedSpace()                     // amount of space used right now
    console.log("Used Space:", usedSpace)                
    var maxSpace = LocalStorage.getMaximumSpace()                   // amount of maximum space aviable
    console.log("Maximum Space:", maxSpace)             
    var remSpace = LocalStorage.getRemainingSpace()                 // amount of remaining space
    console.log("Remaining Space:", remSpace)
    console.log("SpaceCheck", maxSpace === usedSpace + remSpace)    // true
    console.log("hasItem", LocalStorage.hasItem("nothis0ne"))       // we don't have this one in our localStorage
    localStorage.clear()                                            // oops, we deleted the localStorage!
    console.log("has asd",LocalStorage.hasItem("asd"))              // item asd is lost 😒
    LocalStorage.applyBackup(backup)                                // but we have a backup, restore it!
    LocalStorage.consoleInfo()                                      // show all the info we have, see the backup worked 😊

*/