How to get localStorage value in Angular 2 template

Question

Here is my code,

HTML:

<div *ngFor="let comment of comments | orderBy: '-'+orderBy">
    <div class="comment-item">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-8">
                {{comment.userName}}
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-4">
                <div class="comment-timeago">
                    {{comment.time | timeAgo}}
                </div>
                <div class="likedicon">
                    <i class="fa fa-heart-o disliked" aria-hidden="true" (click)="likeComment(comment._id, comment)"></i>
                    <i class="fa fa-heart liked" aria-hidden="true" *ngIf="comment.liked == 'liked'" (click)="dislikeComment(comment._id, comment)"></i>
                </div>
                <div class="like-num">
                    {{comment.like}}
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

File component.ts:

likeComment(commentId, comment) {

    localStorage[commentId] = "liked";
    comment.liked = localStorage[commentId];
    comment.like ++;
    this.dataService.likeComment(commentId).subscribe(
        // Post data to server
        error => console.log(error)
    )
}

dislikeComment(commentId, comment) {
    localStorage[commentId] = "disliked";
    comment.liked = localStorage[commentId];
    comment.like --;
    this.dataService.dislikeComment(commentId).subscribe(
        // Post data to server
        error => console.log(error)
    )

Every comment can switch liked or disliked independently, but I have to use localStorage to decide what status should display. Maybe like:

*ngIf="localStorage.getItem(comment._Id) == 'liked'"

Unfortunately, it's the wrong syntax. I find the getter working on my other case, and the reference is from Angular2 How to display localStorage value inside HTML5 template?.

In this case, I have no idea to do that, because I can't use get commentLike() in my function, neither use a global variable. How do I solve it?

Answer 1

When you are trying to use *ngIf="localStorage.getItem(comment._Id) == 'liked'" it's trying to find this.localStorage in component.ts, but it doesn't exist, so it's throwing an error... Things like localStorage is common to use wherever required so keep it in global.ts which can be accessed easily...

In your global.ts, add a function like this:

export class GlobalApp {

constructor() {}

public localStorageItem(id: string): string {
    return localStorage.getItem(id);
}

Now update your component.ts:

import {GlobalApp} from '../helpers';

export class MyComponent {

constructor (public app: GlobalApp)  {
  }
}

Now it's ready to easily use in any template as we have a global declared function:

*ngIf="app.localStorageItem(comment._Id) == 'liked'"