cache-deep

node-cache-deep

Node.js cache library with deep clone

Installation

npm install cache-deep --save

Note: cache-deep requires Node.js version >= 6.x

Features

1. deep clone option

Usage

1. normal

const CacheDeep = require('cache-deep');
const cache = new CacheDeep();

cache.put('data', 123, 1000 * 60 * 20);   // put 123 to key 'data' and 20 minutes to live
let data = cache.get('data');  // data = 123
cache.del('data');

data = cache.get('data');  // data = null
cache.clear();

1. with deep-clone option

const CacheDeep = require('cache-deep');
const cache = new CacheDeep({
    deepClone: true
});

let obj = {
  a: 1
};
cache.put('data', obj);
let data = cache.get('data').a;   // data = 1
obj.a = 2;
data = cache.get('data').a;   // data = 1

API

new CacheDeep([options])

Added in: v1.0.0

Cache constructor

Param:

• options <Object> cache config options
  • deepClone <boolean> if true, use the lodash.deepClone to clone to cached value

Returns:

instance of cache

const CacheDeep = require('cache-deep');
const cache = new CacheDeep({
    deepClone: true
});

put(key, value, ttl)

Added in: v1.0.0

pput a value to the cache by key

Param:

• key <string> cache key to save the value to cache
• value <*> the value want to cached
• ttl <number> time to live, the cache should be delete after this millisecond, if not given, keep the cache forever

Returns:

undefined

Throws:

• TypeError when the key is not string

cache.put('data', 123, 1000 * 60 * 20);   // put 123 to key 'data' and 20 minutes to live

get(key)

Added in: v1.0.0

get a cached value by key

Param:

• key <string> cache key to get the value

Returns:

cached value, or null if not hit

Throws:

• TypeError when the key is not string

let data = cache.get('data');

del(key)

Added in: v1.0.0

delete a cached value by key

Param:

• key <string> cache key to delete the cache

Returns:

undefined

Throws:

• TypeError when the key is not string

cache.del('data');

clear()

Added in: v1.0.0

empty the cache

cache.clear();

statistics()

Added in: v1.1.0

get the cache hit rate info

Returns:

• <Object>
  • count <number> count of get cache
  • hit <number> the number of get cache hit the right key

const stat = cache.statistics();
const cacheHitRate = stat.hit / stat.count;

License

MIT