useLocalStorage

Implementation:

import { useState } 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);
      return initialValue;
    }
  });
 
  const setValue = (value: T) => {
    try {
      setStoredValue(value);
      window.localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value));
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(error);
    }
  };
 
  return [storedValue, setValue] as const;
}
 
export default useLocalStorage;

Usage:

const [theme, setTheme] = useLocalStorage('theme', 'light');
 
return (
  <button onClick={() => setTheme(theme === 'light' ? 'dark' : 'light')}>
    Toggle Theme
  </button>
);

Refs

  1. https://dev.to/joodi/7-react-custom-hooks-i-always-use-as-a-front-end-developer-5i9