import { Story, Preview, Meta, Props, html, withKnobs, withWebComponentsKnobs } from '@open-wc/demoing-storybook';

<Meta title="JS Helpers|Memory Storage"/>

# Storage Utility Helper

Store and/or remember user input/information in the browser (even between sites and sessions).

To see what's in `localStorage` in chrome...

1. open the developer console (right click + inspect)
2. go to the 'Application' tab
3. look in the left sidebar for the 'Storage > Local Storage' entry 
4. click on the entry for the current site

## Usages 

### Writing a Value to Local Storage 

```js
import {setExpiringLocalValue} from '../_helpers/storageUtility';  // 'https://unpkg.com/bulib-wc@latest/src/_helpers/storageUtility.js?module'
const key_of_the_local_storage_entry = "component-name--unique-code";

// determine the value and use the method to `try` to write the value
let value_to_set_it_to = "information we want to store in localStorage";
let valueFromLocalStorage = setExpiringLocalValue(key_of_the_local_storage_entry, value_to_set_it_to);
```


_NOTE: You can see a working example of this in `src/announce/announce.js`_


### Reading a Value from Local Storage 

```js
import {readExpiringLocalValue} from '../_helpers/storageUtility';  // 'https://unpkg.com/bulib-wc@latest/src/_helpers/storageUtility.js?module'
const key_of_the_local_storage_entry = "component-name--unique-code";

// `try` to read the value from localStorage from the given key with a fallback
let default_value = "this is the default value";
let valueFromLocalStorage = readExpiringLocalValue(key_of_the_local_storage_entry, default_value);
```

_NOTE: You can see a working example of this in `src/announce/announce.js`_