diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index a6ad807..5cb818f 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
-import { DocType, FormItem, RawField } from './types';
+import { DocType, FormItem, RawField, documentList } from './types';
 
 export async function getAllDoctypesFromLocal(): Promise<
   Record<string, DocType>
@@ -74,3 +74,42 @@ export function extractFields(docType: DocType): RawField[] {
     options: field.options,
   }));
 }
+
+export async function saveDocumentToLocal(
+  documentName: string,
+  document: documentList
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    const existingDocument = await AsyncStorage.getItem('downloadedDocuments');
+    let allDocumentStorage: Record<string, documentList> = existingDocument
+      ? JSON.parse(existingDocument)
+      : {};
+    allDocumentStorage[documentName] = document;
+    await AsyncStorage.setItem(
+      'downlaodedDocuments',
+      JSON.stringify(allDocumentStorage)
+    );
+  }
+  catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Error saving local document: ${documentName}:`, error);
+    throw error as Error;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+
+export async function getDocumentFromLocal(
+  documentName: string
+): Promise<documentList | null> {
+  try {
+    const stored = await AsyncStorage.getItem('downloadedDocuments');
+    if (!stored) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const documentData = JSON.parse(stored)[documentName] as documentList;
+    return documentData;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Error fetching local document: ${documentName}:`, error);
+    throw error as Error;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 4ad054d..afbea95 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -145,3 +145,7 @@ export interface Permission {
   if_owner: number;
   docType: string;
 }
+
+export interface documentList {
+  name: string;
+}
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