p-memoize

Memoize promise-returning & async functions

Useful for speeding up consecutive function calls by caching the result of calls with identical input.

By default, only the memoized function's first argument is considered via strict equality comparison. If you need to cache multiple arguments or cache objects by value, have a look at alternative caching strategies below.

This package is similar to mem but with async-specific enhancements; in particular, it allows for asynchronous caches and does not cache rejected promises by default (unless the cachePromiseRejection option is set).

Install

$ npm install p-memoize

Usage

import {setTimeout as delay} from 'node:timer/promises';
import pMemoize from 'p-memoize';
import got from 'got';

const memoizedGot = pMemoize(got);

await memoizedGot('https://sindresorhus.com');

// This call is cached
await memoizedGot('https://sindresorhus.com');

await delay(2000);

// This call is not cached as the cache has expired
await memoizedGot('https://sindresorhus.com');

Caching strategy

Similar to the caching strategy for mem with the following exceptions:

• Promises returned from a memoized function will be cached internally and take priority over cache if a value exists in both caches. The promise cache does not persist outside of the current instance and properties assigned to a returned promise will not be kept. All cached promises can be cleared with pMemoizeClear().
• .get() and .has() methods on cache can return a promise instead of returning a value immediately.
• Instead of .set() being provided an object with the properties value and maxAge, it will only be provided value as the first argument. If you want to implement time-based expiry, consider doing so in cache.

API

pMemoize(fn, options?)

Returns a memoized version of the given function.

fn

Type: Function

Promise-returning or async function to be memoized.

options

Type: object

See the mem options in addition to the below option.

cachePromiseRejection

Type: boolean
Default: false

Cache rejected promises.

cacheKey

Type: Function
Default: arguments_ => arguments_[0]
Example: arguments_ => JSON.stringify(arguments_)

Determines the cache key for storing the result based on the function arguments. By default, only the first argument is considered.

A cacheKey function can return any type supported by Map (or whatever structure you use in the cache option).

See the caching strategy section for more information.

cache

Type: object
Default: new Map()

Use a different cache storage. Must implement the following methods: .has(key), .get(key), .set(key, value), .delete(key), and optionally .clear(). You could for example use a WeakMap instead or quick-lru for a LRU cache.

See the caching strategy section in the mem package for more information.

pMemoizeDecorator(options)

Returns a decorator to memoize class methods or static class methods.

Notes:

• Only class methods and getters/setters can be memoized, not regular functions (they aren't part of the proposal);
• Only TypeScript’s decorators are supported, not Babel’s, which use a different version of the proposal;
• Being an experimental feature, they need to be enabled with --experimentalDecorators; follow TypeScript’s docs.

options

Type: object

Same as options for pMemoize().

import {pMemoizeDecorator} from 'p-memoize';

class Example {
	index = 0

	@pMemoizeDecorator()
	async counter() {
		return ++this.index;
	}
}

class ExampleWithOptions {
	index = 0

	@pMemoizeDecorator()
	async counter() {
		return ++this.index;
	}
}

pMemoizeClear(memoized)

Clear all cached data of a memoized function.

It will throw when given a non-memoized function.

Tips

Time-based cache expiration

import pMemoize from 'p-memoize';
import ExpiryMap from 'expiry-map';
import got from 'got';

const cache = new ExpiryMap(10000); // Cached values expire after 10 seconds

const memoizedGot = pMemoize(got, {cache});

Related

• p-debounce - Debounce promise-returning & async functions
• p-throttle - Throttle promise-returning & async functions
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