simpcache v1.0.4

⚡️ simpcache

A simple in-memory cache library for NodeJS

Installation

npm install simpcache --save

Example

Initialize

without options

const cache = require('simpcache')();

with options

const cache = require('simpcache')({
  persistence: true
});

Options

• persistence: (default: false) If enabled, all cache will be stored on disk.
• db: (default: cache.json) if persistence is enabled cache will be stored on cache.json file.

Example Code

const cache = require('simpcache')({
  persistence: false // set `false` to use in-memory cache
});

// without expire time
cache.set('foo', 'bar');
console.log('foo', cache.get('foo'));
// @returns 'bar'

// with expire time 10sec, time in ms
cache.set('foo2', 'bar2', 10000);
console.log('foo2', cache.get('foo2'));
// @returns 'bar2'

// with timeout callback
cache.set('foo3', 'bar3', 10000, function (key, value) {
  console.log('foo3 deleted from cache');
});
// @returns 'foo3 deleted from cache' after cache expired.

// check cache exists
cache.has('foo');
// @returns true

// delete cache key
cache.del('foo');

// clear all cache
cache.flushAll();

// get keys from the cache
console.log('keys', cache.keys());
// @returns ['foo', 'foo2']

Methods

• set(key, value, expire, timeoutCallback) void, set a new entry and value, and you can set the expiration time.
• get(key) string or null, get the entry's value from a given key.
• has(key) boolean, check key exists from cache.
• del(key) void, remove a given key from the cache.
• keys() array, returns the keys from the cache.
• flushAll() void, remove all data from cache.
• ttl(key) number, returns the remaining time to live of a key that has a timeout.