useLocalStorage
Hook for persisting state to localStorage.
Example
import useLocalStorage from "@/hooks/useLocalStorage";
export default function UseLocalStorageExample() {
const [value, setValue, removeValue] = useLocalStorage("my-key", "default");
return (
<div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4 text-ctp-text">
<p>Value: {value}</p>
<div className="flex gap-4">
<button
className="rounded bg-ctp-blue px-4 py-2 text-ctp-base"
onClick={() => setValue("new-value")}
>
Set value
</button>
<button
className="rounded bg-ctp-pink px-4 py-2 text-ctp-base"
onClick={() => setValue((currentValue) => currentValue + "-new")}
>
Append "-new" to value
</button>
<button
className="rounded bg-ctp-red px-4 py-2 text-ctp-base"
onClick={() => removeValue()}
>
Remove value
</button>
</div>
</div>
);
}
Code
import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
import type { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from "react";
declare global {
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions
interface WindowEventMap {
"local-storage": CustomEvent;
}
}
type UseLocalStorageOptions<T> = {
serializer?: (value: T) => string;
deserializer?: (value: string) => T;
initializeWithValue?: boolean;
};
const IS_SERVER = typeof window === "undefined";
/**
* Hook for persisting state to localStorage.
*
* @param {string} key - The key to use for localStorage.
* @param {T | (() => T)} initialValue - The initial value to use, if not found in localStorage.
* @param {UseLocalStorageOptions<T>} options - Options for the hook.
* @returns A tuple of [storedValue, setValue, removeValue].
*/
export default function useLocalStorage<T>(
key: string,
initialValue: T | (() => T),
options: UseLocalStorageOptions<T> = {},
): [T, Dispatch<SetStateAction<T>>, () => void] {
const { initializeWithValue = true } = options;
const serializer = useCallback<(value: T) => string>(
(value) => {
if (options.serializer) {
return options.serializer(value);
}
return JSON.stringify(value);
},
[options],
);
const deserializer = useCallback<(value: string) => T>(
(value) => {
if (options.deserializer) {
return options.deserializer(value);
}
// Support 'undefined' as a value
if (value === "undefined") {
return undefined as unknown as T;
}
const defaultValue =
initialValue instanceof Function ? initialValue() : initialValue;
let parsed: unknown;
try {
parsed = JSON.parse(value);
} catch (error) {
console.error("Error parsing JSON:", error);
return defaultValue; // Return initialValue if parsing fails
}
return parsed as T;
},
[options, initialValue],
);
// Get from local storage then
// parse stored json or return initialValue
const readValue = useCallback((): T => {
const initialValueToUse =
initialValue instanceof Function ? initialValue() : initialValue;
// Prevent build error "window is undefined" but keep working
if (IS_SERVER) {
return initialValueToUse;
}
try {
const raw = window.localStorage.getItem(key);
return raw ? deserializer(raw) : initialValueToUse;
} catch (error) {
console.warn(`Error reading localStorage key “${key}”:`, error);
return initialValueToUse;
}
}, [initialValue, key, deserializer]);
const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = useState(() => {
if (initializeWithValue) {
return readValue();
}
return initialValue instanceof Function ? initialValue() : initialValue;
});
// Return a wrapped version of useState's setter function that ...
// ... persists the new value to localStorage.
const setValue: Dispatch<SetStateAction<T>> = useCallback(
(value) => {
// Prevent build error "window is undefined" but keeps working
if (IS_SERVER) {
console.warn(
`Tried setting localStorage key “${key}” even though environment is not a client`,
);
}
try {
// Allow value to be a function so we have the same API as useState
const newValue = value instanceof Function ? value(readValue()) : value;
// Save to local storage
window.localStorage.setItem(key, serializer(newValue));
// Save state
setStoredValue(newValue);
// We dispatch a custom event so every similar useLocalStorage hook is notified
window.dispatchEvent(new StorageEvent("local-storage", { key }));
} catch (error) {
console.warn(`Error setting localStorage key “${key}”:`, error);
}
},
[key, serializer, readValue],
);
const removeValue = useCallback(() => {
// Prevent build error "window is undefined" but keeps working
if (IS_SERVER) {
console.warn(
`Tried removing localStorage key “${key}” even though environment is not a client`,
);
}
const defaultValue =
initialValue instanceof Function ? initialValue() : initialValue;
// Remove the key from local storage
window.localStorage.removeItem(key);
// Save state with default value
setStoredValue(defaultValue);
// We dispatch a custom event so every similar useLocalStorage hook is notified
window.dispatchEvent(new StorageEvent("local-storage", { key }));
}, [key]);
useEffect(() => {
setStoredValue(readValue());
// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
}, [key]);
const handleStorageChange = useCallback(
(event: StorageEvent | CustomEvent) => {
if ((event as StorageEvent).key && (event as StorageEvent).key !== key) {
return;
}
setStoredValue(readValue());
},
[key, readValue],
);
useEffect(() => {
addEventListener("storage", handleStorageChange);
// this is a custom event, triggered in writeValueToLocalStorage
addEventListener("local-storage", handleStorageChange);
return () => {
removeEventListener("storage", handleStorageChange);
removeEventListener("local-storage", handleStorageChange);
};
}, []);
return [storedValue, setValue, removeValue];
}