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jedidiah •

It doesn't work for me, i don't have a getCopy, what this function does? could you please help me or get it touch with me!

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Enough7 • • Edited

You can use localstorage for this:

const USER_ID_KEY: string = "userId";
export let thisUser: IUser = {
    id: parseInt(localStorage.getItem(USER_ID_KEY) || '-1') 
};
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Amateur blogger •

Thank you for the alternative, however what if the user has disabled his localStorage? ;)

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Enough7 •

I did not know you can disable it

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Amateur blogger •

Hey! Thank you for your message and sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Basically, getCopy() method could be anything whose result you want to set globally. In my case, it is a simple method which gets content based on the logged in user type.
For eg:

const getCopy = (userType: string):string => 
{
   if (userType.toLowerCase() === 'admin')
   {
      return 'Hello Admin User!'
   }
   return 'Welcome user!'
}
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