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# Local Storage Helpers

Source code is hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/corets/local-storage-helpers)

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```bash
yarn add @corets/local-storage-helpers
```

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```
npm install --save @corets/local-storage-helpers
```

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## readLocalStorage() <a href="#readlocalstorage" id="readlocalstorage"></a>

Reads a value from the `localStorage`:

```typescript
import { readLocalStorage } from "@corets/local-storage-helpers"

type AuthData = { token?: string }

const defaultData: AuthData = { token: undefined }

const data = readLocalStorage<AuthData>("auth", defaultData)
```

## writeLocalStorage() <a href="#writelocalstorage" id="writelocalstorage"></a>

Writes a value to the `localStorage`:

```typescript
import { writeLocalStorage } from "@corets/local-storage-helpers"

const data = { token: "foo" }

writeLocalStorage("auth", data)
```