Ember Local Storage Decorator

Decorator to use localStorage in Ember Octane.

Compatibility

• Ember.js v3.24 or above
• Ember CLI v3.24 or above
• Node.js v12 or above

Installation

ember install ember-local-storage-decorator

Usage

import localStorage from 'ember-local-storage-decorator';
import Component from '@glimmer/component';

export default class MyComponent extends Component {
  @localStorage foo
}

Decorate a class property with @localStorage to bind it to localStorage. It will attach a getter to read the value from localStorage and a setter to write changes to localStorage.

const Klass = class {
  @localStorage foo;
}
const klass = new Klass();

klass.foo = 'baz';
window.localStorage.getItem('foo'); // '"baz"'

You may specify another key to be used in local storage as an argument to the decorator.

const Klass = class {
  @localStorage('bar') foo;
};
const klass = new Klass();

klass.foo = 'baz';
window.localStorage.getItem('bar'); // '"baz"'

The value is stored as a JSON string in localStorage. Therefore only values which can be serialized to JSON are supported.

Objects (and arrays) are deep frozen to avoid leaking state. Getter returns a frozen copy after setting a value.

window.localStorage.setItem('foo', [{ a: 'b' }]);

const Klass = class {
  @localStorage foo;
};
const klass = new Klass();

Object.isFrozen(klass.foo); // true
Object.isFrozen(klass.foo[0]); // true

const newValue = {};
klass.foo = newValue;

Object.isFrozen(klass.foo); // true
Object.isFrozen(newValue); // false

It observes changes caused by other classes or by other instances:

const KlassA = class {
  @localStorage foo;
};
const KlassB = class {
  @localStorage foo;
}
const klassA = new KlassA();
const klassB = new KlassB();

klassA.foo = 'bar';
klassB.foo; // 'bar'

window.dispatchEvent(
  new StorageEvent('storage', { key: 'foo', newValue: 'baz', oldValue: 'bar' })
);
klassA.foo; // 'baz'
klassB.foo; // 'baz'

Due to limitations of localStorage direct changes of the value bypassing @localStorage decorator can not be observed. Therefore you should not manipulate the localStorage directly.

Testing

window.localStorage is a global state, which is shared between test runs. The decorator uses a global cache, which is also shared between instances. Both are not reset automatically between test jobs.

To avoid leaking state between test jobs it's recommended to clear the cache of @localStorage decorator before each test. A clearLocalStorageCache helper function is exported from ember-local-storage-decorator to do so.

Additionally window.localStorage should be either cleared before each test run or mocked.

import { module, test } from 'qunit';
import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
import { clearLocalStorageCache } from 'ember-local-storage-decorator';

module('Integration | Component | my-component', function (hooks) {
  setupRenderingTest(hooks);

  hooks.beforeEach(function () {
    clearLocalStorageCache();
    window.localStorage.clear();
  });
});

@localStorage decorator performs some initialization work when a property is decorated. This includes picking up the current value from local storage and adding it to its internal cache. Manual changes to local storage after a property has been decorated are not picked up. As class instances are often shared between test jobs, you need to manual reinitialize a local storage key in tests.

import { initalizeLocalStorageKey } from 'ember-local-storage-decorator';

test('some code relying on a value in local storage', function() {
  window.localStorage.setItem('foo', 'bar');
  initalizeLocalStorageKey('foo');
});

Contributing

See the Contributing guide for details.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.