javascript how to watch for changes in localstorage code example

Example 1: listen to localstorage changes

window.addEventListener('storage', () => {
  // When local storage changes, dump the list to
  // the console.
  console.log(JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem('sampleList')));
});

Example 2: listen to localstorage changes

var originalSetItem = localStorage.setItem; 
localStorage.setItem = function(){
    document.createEvent('Event').initEvent('itemInserted', true, true);
    originalSetItem.apply(this, arguments);
}