lc-storage

LC-STORAGE 🗄️

lc-storage is a lightweight and type-safe utility for interacting with localStorage in modern JavaScript & TypeScript applications.

🚀 Features

✔ Read data from localStorage ✔ Write data to localStorage ✔ Delete specific keys from localStorage ✔ Clear all data from localStorage ✔ Supports automatic expiration (exp) ✔ Type-safe retrieval (get<T>())

📦 Installation

Install via npm:

npm i lc-storage --save

🛠 Usage

📌 Import storage

import storage from "lc-storage";

🔥 Storing and Retrieving Data

✅ Save Data to localStorage

const data = [1, 2, 3, 4];
storage.set("data", data);

✅ Retrieve Data from localStorage

const myData = storage.get("data");
console.log(myData); // [1, 2, 3, 4]

✅ Delete Data from localStorage

storage.remove("data");

✅ Clear All Data from localStorage

storage.clear();

📌 Advanced Usage

💾 set() Method – Store Data with Expiration & Nullable Options

The set() method allows you to store data in localStorage with optional settings.

📌 Method Signature

storage.set<T>(key: string, value: T, setOption?: SetOption): T | null;

Parameter Type Required Description key string ✅ Unique identifier for the stored data. value T (generic) ✅ The value to be stored (objects, arrays, primitives). setOption SetOption ❌ Configuration for expiration & nullability.

📌 SetOption Interface

interface SetOption {
  exp?: number;  // Expiration time in seconds
  nullable?: boolean; // If true, allows setting null values (default: false)
}

✅ Example: Store Data with Expiration

// Store data with a 60-second expiration
storage.set("sessionData", { user: "JohnDoe" }, { exp: 60 });

// Before 60 seconds, you can retrieve the value:
console.log(storage.get("sessionData")); // { user: "JohnDoe" }

// After 60 seconds, the value automatically expires and returns `null`
setTimeout(() => {
  console.log(storage.get("sessionData")); // null
}, 60 * 1000);

📌 get<T>() Method – Retrieve Data with Type Safety

The get() method allows type-safe retrieval of stored values.

📌 Method Signature

storage.get<T>(key: string): T | null;

Parameter Type Required Description key string ✅ The key identifier of the stored data.

Returns T (the stored value) or null if the key does not exist.

✅ Example: Retrieve Data with Type Safety

// Store user info
storage.set("user", { name: "Alice", age: 25 });

// Retrieve with correct type
const user = storage.get<{ name: string; age: number }>("user");

console.log(user?.name); // "Alice"
console.log(user?.age);  // 25

📌 remove() Method – Delete a Key

The remove() method deletes a specific key-value pair from localStorage.

✅ Example

storage.remove("user"); // Removes "user" from storage
console.log(storage.get("user")); // null

📌 clear() Method – Clear All Data

The clear() method removes all stored data from localStorage.

✅ Example

storage.clear(); // Clears everything from localStorage

⚠️ Edge Case Handling

Scenario	Behavior
Key does not exist in get()	Returns null
Expired data	Automatically removed & returns null
Setting null without nullable: true	Prevents storage
Browser without localStorage support	Logs warnings, but prevents crashes

📌 Summary Table

Method	Description	Example
storage.set(key, value, options?)	Stores data with optional expiration	storage.set("token", "abc123", { exp: 3600 })
storage.get(key)	Retrieves data (type-safe)	const user = storage.get<{ name: string }>("user")
storage.remove(key)	Deletes a specific key	storage.remove("user")
storage.clear()	Clears all stored data	storage.clear()

🔥 Why Use lc-storage?

✔ Supports exp (expiration time) to automatically remove stale data ✔ Type-safe with generics for better TypeScript support ✔ Safer handling of missing or expired data ✔ Prevents crashes if localStorage is unavailable ✔ Small & fast – No dependencies!

🚀 Future Enhancements

Would you like to see: • 🔒 Encryption support for storing sensitive data? • 📂 Support for sessionStorage? • 📌 Automatic data sync with IndexedDB for large storage?

📌 Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have an idea for improvement, feel free to open a pull request or issue. 🚀😊

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.