better-localstorage

better-localstorage - v1.1.1

Table of content

• Installation
• Usage
  • Functions
    • get(key[, options]
    • set(key, value)
    • exists(key)
    • destroy(key)
    • clear()
  • Types
    • GetOptions
• Contributing
• License

Installation

This module is published through the NPM registry. You can easly install it with the following command:

npm i better-localstorage

Usage

This module allow to interact with client's localstorage and store JSON-parsed data, so each entry can contains JSON-like data.

get(key[, options])

Get an element from the local storage.

Returns

• Object - Entry's content if it exists and its content as been parsed.
• undefined - If the entry doesn't exists.

Parameters

Name	Type	Facultative	Description
key	string		Entry's name
options	GetOptions	:white_check_mark:	Getter's options

Throw

• RangeError - If key is not provided.
• TypeError - If the entry's value cannot be parsed as JSON.

Examples

// { test: { something: true } }
get("test"); // { something: true }

// { test: { something: true } }
get("something"); // undefined

// { test: 1 }
get("test"); // 1

set(key, value)

Set an element to the local storage.

Returns

• undefined.

Parameters

Name	Facultative	Facultative	Description
key	string		Entry's name
value	Object		Content to set in the localstorage

Throw

• RangeError - If key or value is not provided.
• TypeError if the value cannot be strigified as JSON.

Examples

// { test: { something: true } }
set("test", true);
// { test: true }

// { test: { something: true } }
set("something", { hi: "everyone" });
// { test: { something: true }, hi: "everyone" }

exists(key)

Check if an entry exists in the local storage.

Returns

• boolean - true if the entry exists, false otherwise.

Parameters

Name	Type	Facultative	Description
key	string		Entry's name

Throw

• RangeError - If key is not provided.

Examples

// { test: "hi" }
exists("test"); // true

// { test: "hi" }
exists("something"); // false

destroy(key)

Remove an entry from the local storage.

Returns

• boolean - true if the entry has been removed by the function's call, false otherwise.

Parameters

Name	Type	Facultative	Description
key	string		Entry's name

Throw

• RangeError - If key is not provided.

Examples

// { test: "hi", something: "everyone" }
destroy("test"); // true
// { something: "everyone" }

// { test: "hi" }
destroy("something"); // false
// { test: "hi" }

clear()

Clear all entries from the local storage.

Returns

• boolean - true if the entries have been removed by the function's call, false otherwise.

Examples

// { test: "hi", something: "everyone" }
clear(); // true
// {  }

// {  }
clear(); // false
// {  }

GetOptions

get() options.

Content

Name	Type	Facultative	Description
destroy	boolean	:white_check_mark:	If true, will destroy the entry after calling this function (even if an error occured)
destroyOnError	boolean	:white_check_mark:	If true, will destroy the entry only if an error occured

Contributing

Feel free to open an issue if you want to report bugs or discuss about suggestions!

License

MIT

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