Use localStorage to cache logged-in user

frontend/src/App.vue

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ import NavBar from '@/components/NavBar';
 import TitleBar from '@/components/TitleBar';
 import SiteNotification from '@/elements/SiteNotification';
 import { siteNotificationStore } from '@/stores/alert-store';
+
+// current user object
+// structure: { username, email, name, level, timezone, id }
+import { userStore as currentUser } from '@/stores/user-store';
+
 // component constants
 const apiUrl = inject('apiUrl');
 const dj = inject('dayjs');
@@ -91,10 +96,6 @@ provide('call', call);
 // menu items for main navigation
 const navItems = ['calendar', 'appointments', 'settings'];
 
-// current user object
-// structure: { username, email, name, level, timezone, id }
-const currentUser = ref(null);
-
 // db tables
 const calendars = ref([]);
 const appointments = ref([]);
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ const routeIsPublic = computed(
 // check login state of current user first
 const checkLogin = async () => {
   if (auth.isAuthenticated.value) {
+    if (currentUser.value) {
+      // avoid calling the backend unnecessarily
+      return;
+    }
     // call backend to create user if they do not exist in database
     const { data, error } = await call('login').get().json();
     // assign authed user data

frontend/src/components/SettingsAccount.vue

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ import PrimaryButton from '@/elements/PrimaryButton.vue';
 import SecondaryButton from '@/elements/SecondaryButton.vue';
 import TextButton from '@/elements/TextButton.vue';
 import CautionButton from '@/elements/CautionButton.vue';
+import { updateUserInStorage } from '@/stores/user-store';
 
 // view properties
 const props = defineProps({
@@ -197,6 +198,8 @@ const updateUser = async () => {
   };
   const { error } = await call('me').put(inputData).json();
   if (!error.value) {
+    // Trigger update to user in localStorage
+    updateUserInStorage(inputData);
     errorUsername.value = false;
     // TODO show some confirmation
     await refreshData();

frontend/src/stores/user-store.js

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { ref, watch } from 'vue';
+
+const STORAGE_KEY = 'tba/user';
+
+const keys = [
+  'email',
+  'level',
+  'name',
+  'timezone',
+  'username',
+];
+
+let userObj = null;
+
+function load() {
+  // Retrieve values from localStorage
+  const jsonData = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+  if (jsonData) {
+    try {
+      const data = JSON.parse(jsonData);
+      userObj = {
+        ...data,
+      };
+    } catch (e) {
+      // console.log('Could not parse user from localStorage');
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function store(data) {
+  try {
+    const jsonData = JSON.stringify(data);
+    localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, jsonData);
+  } catch (e) {
+    // console.log('Could not stringify and store to localStorage');
+  }
+}
+
+function copyRefValuesToObj(aRef, obj) {
+  keys.forEach((k) => {
+    try {
+      obj[k] = aRef[k] ?? aRef.value[k];
+    } catch (e) {
+      // console.log(e);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// Attempt initial load of data
+load();
+export const userStore = ref(userObj);
+
+// Store in localStorage on update
+watch(userStore, (newUser) => {
+  const data = {};
+  copyRefValuesToObj(newUser, data);
+  store(data);
+});
+
+export function removeUserFromStorage() {
+  localStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+}
+
+export function updateUserInStorage(obj) {
+  // Provides a way to update the userStore
+  // from a component that received it as a prop
+  const data = {};
+  copyRefValuesToObj(userStore, data);
+  store({
+    ...data,
+    ...obj,
+  });
+}

frontend/src/views/ProfileView.vue

@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { subscriberLevels, appointmentState } from '@/definitions';
 import { inject, computed, onMounted } from 'vue';
 import { keyByValue } from '@/utils';
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n';
+import { subscriberLevels, appointmentState } from '@/definitions';
+import { removeUserFromStorage } from '@/stores/user-store';
 import PrimaryButton from '@/elements/PrimaryButton';
 
 // icons
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ const pendingAppointments = computed(() => props.appointments.filter((a) => a.st
 
 // do log out
 const logout = () => {
+  removeUserFromStorage();
   auth.logout({
     logoutParams: {
       returnTo: window.location.origin,