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Domenik Reitzner
Domenik Reitzner

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Svelte and Localstorage remote

Idea πŸ’‘

localStorage is a very versatile part of web development for persisting data, but it can do so much more.

Every change fires a storage event on the window Object across tabs, which means it can be used as remote. 🀯

Potential uses πŸ› 

  • Video controller in a small popup window
  • Speaker view of presentation slides

Implementation βš—

I used svelte-kit for the example (see links) πŸ˜‰
The actual amount of code needed for this pattern is very minimalistic. On the remote side we only need to set a localStorage item and this in turn will trigger the event which we can listen to.

<button
  on:click={() => localStorage.setItem('signal', 'message')}>
  Set 'message'
</button>
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The receiver is a little more work, but svelte is our friend and helper πŸ’ͺ

<script>
  let signal = '';
  const listener = () => {
    const value = localStorage.getItem('signal');
    if (!value) return;
    signal = value;
  };
</script>
<svelte:window on:storage={listener} />

Received Signal: {signal}
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If you open the remote and the receiver (same browser and base URL) you should be able to send and receive signals across tabs without any network request.

⚠ because of security issues localStorage is blocked on the svelte REPL, so it will not work there

I hope you found this entry interesting and learned something new ☺

Links πŸ”—

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