cacheiro

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cacheiro. substantivo masculino:

Porco semental.

Levar a porca ao cacheiro.

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Intro

cacheiro is the simplest -yet effective- cache manager.

Install

npm install cacheiro

Getting Started

import {cacheiro} from 'cacheiro'

const options = {
  type: 'combined', // or 'memory' or 'redis'
  redis: {
    host: '127.0.0.1', // '0.0.0.0' if in Docker
    port: 6379
  },
  namespace: 'my_cache',
  version: 1,
  clean: true,
  ttl: 86400 * 1000 * 30,
  log: 'debug'
}

const cache= await cacheiro(options)

await cache.setItem('key', 'value')
// true
await cache.hasItem('key')
// true
await cache.getKeys()
// ['key']
await cache.getItem('key')
// 'value'
await cache.unsetItem('key')
// true
await cache.getOrSetItem('key', 
  () => {
    console.log('Value is not there, let\'s create it')
    return 'value'
  } 
)
// Value is not there, let's create it
// => 'value'
await cache.unsetAll()
// 1

API

await cacheiro(options)

Creates and inits the cache store.

type

• memory: cache stuff directly on memory. If you loose the variable, you lose the cache.
• redis: use node-redis as caching layer. You need to pass options.redis field.
• combined: combination of both memory and redis. You need to pass options.redis field. memory cache will act as a read-only replica of redis.

redis

Redis connection parameters. Refer to node-redis for further info.

namespace

Prefix to be used for all the cache keys managed by cacheiro. Default is 'cacheiro'.

version

Handle cached data versions to easily unvalidate previous content. Default is 1.

clean

If true, cache will be clean right after initialization. (It applies only to redis or combined). Default is false.

ttl

Expiration time in miliseconds for the cached values. They can be setted also at item level on cache.setItem(key, value, ttl). Default is 86400000, 1 day. Notice that for memory cache, ttl is handled though setTimeout. This has a limit of 32-buit integers (max ttl is 2147483647, a bit less of 25 days).

log

It can be a string with the log level (silly, debug, info, warn, error) or a class exposing methods named as those log levels, for example:

  log: class CustomLogger {
    _log(l, s) {
      console.log(`[${l}] ${s}`)
    }
    
    silly(s) { this.log('silly', s) }
    debug(s) { this.log('debug', s) }
    info(s)  { this.log('info', s) }
    warn(s)  { this.log('warn', s) }
    error(s) { this.log('error', s) }
  }
}

Default is debug.

await setItem(key, value, ttl = <ms>)

Stores a value in the cache, identified by key. If specified, ttl is the expiration time (or Time To Live) in miliseconds.

await getItem(key)

Returns, if exists, stored value for key. undefined otherwise.

await hasItem(key)

Returns true if there is some value stored for key. false otherwise.

await unsetItem(key)

Removes from cache any value stored for key. Returns true if there was some value stored. false otherwise.

await getKeys(pattern)

Returns an array of keys present in the cache and matching pattern.

await getAll(pattern)

Returns an object like {key: value...} of all the stuff present in the cache and matching pattern.

await getValues(pattern)

Returns an array of all the values present in the cache whose key is matching pattern.

await unsetAll(pattern)

Removes from cache all values matching pattern.

pattern parameter

In the case of redis or combined caches, pattern is handled by Redis.

In the case of memory cache, cacheiro will create a RegExp(pattern), unless you specify no pattern or the '*' wildcard value.

TODO

• Detect Redis is installed in the system: and, if not, failback to memory cache.
• memory cache and ttl: find a better expiring method than setTimeout(). Probably passing a cron through options.
• memory cache and pattern: find a beter solution than RegExp. Something closer to Redis pattern's handling.

Changelog

0.4.0

Upgraded xeira, which means Node >= 21

0.3.1

instanceof redis.ReplyError causes error TypeError: Right-hand side of 'instanceof' is not an object when running inside Docker. Still dunno why. Just try-catching by now.

0.3.0

Upgraded xeira and redis.

0.1.3

Fix logger.warning => logger.warn.

0.1.2

Limit memory cache's ttl to the max 32-bit int (2147483647). Show warning if greater value was passed.

0.1.1

Added getAll(pattern) and getValues(pattern) methods. initCache() is now cacheiro().

0.1.0

Created redis and combined stores. raw is now memory. Every method is now async. npm run test