Reading JSON from localStorage

type Result =
  | { success: true, value: unknown }
  | { success: false, error: Error };

function tryDeserializeLocalStorageItem(key: string): Result {
  const item = localStorage.getItem(key);

  if (item === null) {
    // The item does not exist, thus return an error result
    return {
      success: false,
      error: new Error(`Item with key "${key}" does not exist`)
    };
  }

  let value: unknown;

  try {
    value = JSON.parse(item);
  } catch (error) {
    // The item is not valid JSON, thus return an error result
    return {
      success: false,
      error
    };
  }

  // Everything's fine, thus return a success result
  return {
    success: true,
    value
  };
}