Local Data Storage

It's a simple wrapper over browsers native localStorage. It uses "smart" items and can work with existing localStorage entries. It always returns success of operation as boolean.

Installation

$ npm install local-data-storage

Usage

Name	Parameters	Description	Return value
isAvailable()		It tests if localStorage is available	boolean
itemExists()	key: string	It check existence of an item	boolean
clearExpiredItems()		Clears expired items	boolean
getItem()	key: string	Return an item by key	*LocalDataStorageItem
setItem()	key: string, obj: *LocalDataStorageItem, forceOverwrite?: boolean	Saves an item with given key	boolean
removeItem()	key: string	Removes an item by key	boolean
clear()		Clears the whole storage	boolean

Examples:

import {
  isAvailable,
  itemExists,
  clearExpiredItems,
  getItem,
  setItem,
  removeItem,
  clear,
} from "local-data-storage";

if (isAvailable()) {
  /* do something */
}

if (itemExists("cat")) {
  /* do something */
}

clearExpiredItems();

const myItem = getItem("cat");

setItem("cat", { value: "meow" });
setItem("willExpireCat", { value: "meow", expiryDate: Date.now() + 86_400 });
setItem("cat", { value: "OVERWRITTEN" }, true);

removeItem("cat");

clear();

*LocalDataStorageItem

Property	Type	Description
value	string	This will always exist, will contain unparseable items from storage as well.
createdDate	number	This is a timestamp of creation. It will be set automatically at saving.
expiryDate	number	This is an optional property. It's a timestamp of expiry, will be deleted by clearExpiredItems() if expired.

Example:

{
	value: 'cat',
	createdDate: 86400,
	expiryDate: 86401
}