Custom React Hook for Local Storage
A reusable hook for managing localStorage with TypeScript support and automatic JSON serialization.
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2024-01-15
reacthookslocalStoragetypescript
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
function useLocalStorage<T>(key: string, initialValue: T) {
const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = useState<T>(() => {
try {
const item = window.localStorage.getItem(key);
return item ? JSON.parse(item) : initialValue;
} catch (error) {
console.error(`Error reading localStorage key "${key}":`, error);
return initialValue;
}
});
const setValue = (value: T | ((val: T) => T)) => {
try {
const valueToStore = value instanceof Function ? value(storedValue) : value;
setStoredValue(valueToStore);
window.localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(valueToStore));
} catch (error) {
console.error(`Error setting localStorage key "${key}":`, error);
}
};
return [storedValue, setValue] as const;
}
export default useLocalStorage;