• Adonis Cache
• Introduction
• Prerequisites
• Install
• Config
• Commands
  • Migration file
  • Remove an item
  • Clear/flush the cache
• REPL
• Views
• Stores
  • Database
  • DynamoDB
  • File
  • Memcached
  • Redis
  • InMemory
• Usage
  • Store items
    • One item
    • Store if not present
    • Store items forever
    • Multiple items
  • Retrieve items
    • One item
    • Multiple items
    • Retrieve and store
    • Retrieve and delete
  • Checking for item existence
  • Incrementing / Decrementing values
  • Removing items from the cache
    • One item
    • Multiple items
    • All the items
  • Cache tags
    • Store items using tags
    • Access items
    • Remove items
• Switching between stores
• Adding a custom cache driver
  • Extending from outside in
  • Informing TypeScript about the new driver
  • Using the driver
• Run tests
• Author
• Contributing
• Show your support
• License

Adonis Cache

Cache package for AdonisJS V5

Introduction

Caching refers to the practice of saving content created during (and even outside) the request-response cycle and reusing it when responding to similar requests.

Caching is often the most effective approach to improve the performance of an application. It can reduce the CPU usage and improve the response time of your server.

This package offers an unified API for many cache stores (Database, DynamoDB, File, InMemory, Memcached and Redis).

Prerequisites

• @adonis/lucid >= 18.0.0
• @adonisjs/core >= 5.8.2

Install

npm i @melchyore/adonis-cache
# or
yarn add @melchyore/adonis-cache

Config

node ace configure @melchyore/adonis-cache

node ace generate:manifest

The configuration for the cache package is stored inside the config/cache.ts file. Inside this file, you can define multiple stores.

import { cacheConfig } from '@melchyore/adonis-cache/build/config'

export default cacheConfig({
  prefix: 'cache_',
  store: 'redis',
  stores: {
    redis: {
      driver: 'redis'
    },
    memcached: {
      driver: 'memcached'
    },
    database: {
      driver: 'database',
      table: 'cache'
    },
    dynamodb: {
      driver: 'dynamodb',
      table: 'Cache'
    },
    file: {
      driver: 'file',
      disk: 'cache'
    },
    in_memory: {
      driver: 'in_memory'
    }
  },
  ttl: 60,
  events: {
    'cache:hit': true,
    'cache:missed': true,
    'cache:key_written': true,
    'cache:key_forgotten': true
  }
})

prefix

The prefix property is used to prefix each key before storing it in the cache.

The default prefix is cache_. When you will store an item in the cache with a key, for example await Cache.put('key'), the key will be cache_key. You don't have to write the prefix when you retrieve an item, the package will do it for you.

store

The store property represents the default store to use for caching data.

stores

The stores objects defines the stores you want to use throughout your application. Each store must specify the driver it wants to use.

You can define a prefix property for each store driver. It will overwrite the global prefix.

{
  stores: {
    redis: {
      driver: 'redis',
      prefix: 'foo_',
    },
    memcached: {
      driver: 'memcached',
      prefix: 'bar_',
    }
  }
}

ttl (time to live)

The ttl defines the period of time represented in seconds, that data should exist in the cache before being removed.

Redis, Memcached, and DynamoDB all support automatic ttl, which means that stale records will be automatically deleted. For other stores, when you try to retrieve the items, the stale ones will be deleted for you.

The default value is 60 (1 minute). If the following methods (put, putMany, add, set, and remember) don't define a ttl, the default value will be used.

events

The events object represents the events that will be fired for each cache operation.

cache:hit is fired when an item has been retrieved from the cache.

cache:missed is fired when an item has not been retrieved from the cache.

cache:key_written is fired when a new item is stored in the cache.

cache:key_forgotten is fired when an item is deleted from the cache.

Do not delete an event from the list, if you choose to disable one of them, just set its value to false and it will not be fired.

Commands

Migration file

You can generate a migration file for the cache table using the following command.

node ace cache:table <tableName>

NOTICE: tableName is an optional argument. If it's not provided, the default name "cache" will be used.

DynamoDB table

If you didn't select DynamoDB as main store at package configuration and wish to use it later, you can create a table using the following command.

node ace cache:dynamodb <tableName>

NOTICE: tableName is an optional argument. If it's not provided, the default name "Cache" will be used.

Remove an item

If you wish to remove an item from the cache, you should run the below command.

node ace cache:forget <key> <store>

NOTICE: store is an optional argument. If it's not provided, the item will be removed from the default cache store.

Clear/flush the cache

node ace cache:forget <store>

When the cache is being cleared, the cache:clearing is fired.

After the clean operation, the cache:cleared is fired.

NOTICE: store is an optional argument. If it's not provided, the default cache will be cleared.

REPL

You can access to Cache module inside REPL.

node ace repl

loadCache()

# Loaded Cache module. You can access it using the "Cache" variable

await Cache.put('foo', 'bar')

await Cache.get('foo')
# 'bar'

Views

The cache helper method grants you access to all the features provided by this package.

NOTE: The cache helper is not registered when running in "test" environment.

// test.edge

{{ await cache.get('foo') }}

Stores

Following is the list of the official drivers.

Database

The Database store uses the default database connection from the environment variables. However, you can specify a custom connection (that is already defined inside config/database.ts). To do that, just open config/cache.ts file and add the connection property to the database driver object

{
  stores: {
    database: {
      driver: 'database',
      connection: 'connectionName',
      table: 'cache',
    }
  }
}

NOTE: You may also use the node ace cache:table command with an optional argument tableName to generate a migration with the proper schema. If the tableName argument is not specified, the default name cache will be used.

NOTE: Don't forget to run node ace migration:run command to create the table in the database.

DynamoDB

In order to use the DynamoDB store, you will need to install and configure adonis-dynamodb.

Then, open config/cache.ts and add the following content if it's not already present

dynamodb: {
  driver: 'dynamodb',
  table: 'Cache'
}

You can use whatever you want as table name. Conventionally, the name starts with an uppercase letter.

The first time you use it, you may notice that it takes a few seconds. This is perfectly normal as it needs some time to set up the table.

File

Items stored in the cache using the File store are NOT encrypted.

The File store uses Drive under the hood. You must define a disk with the following configuration inside config/drive.ts

disks: {
  // Other disks

  diskName: {
    driver: 'local',
    visibility: 'private',
    root: './tmp', // You can change tmp by whatever you want.
  },
}

NOTE: Only local driver is supported.

NOTE: The root property must be a RELATIVE path.

Open config/cache.ts and add the following content if it's not already present

{
  stores: {
    // Other stores

    file: {
      driver: 'file',
      disk: 'diskName'
    },
  }
}

Memcached

You need to install first adonis5-memcached-client.

npm i adonis5-memcached-client
# or
yarn add adonis5-memcached-client

Configure provider

node ace configure adonis5-memcached-client

Add an environment variable for the Memcached server URL inside .env

MEMCACHED_SERVER_URL=host:port

You need to change the host and port. For example: localhost:11211

NOTE: Memcached listens by default on port 11211.

You can run Memcached using the official docker image: https://hub.docker.com/_/memcached

Open config/cache.ts and add the following content if it's not already present

{
  stores: {
    // Other stores

    memcached: {
      driver: 'memcached'
    },
  }
}

Redis

Install the official AdonisJs Redis package and configure it

npm i @adonisjs/redis
# or
yarn add @adonisjs/redis

# Configure the package
node ace configure @adonisjs/redis

{
  stores: {
    // Other stores

    redis: {
      driver: 'redis',

      /**
       * By default, it will use the default Redis
       * connection from the environment variables.
       * You can specify another connection
       * by adding the `connection` property.
      */
      connection: 'connectionName'
    },
  }
}

It is highly recommended to create a dedicated connection for caching, since calling flush/clear methods will delete ALL the records.

InMemory

InMemory cache is usually used for development purposes.

{
  stores: {
    // Other stores

    in_memory: {
      driver: 'in_memory'
    },
  }
}

Usage

Store items

One item

You may use the put method to store items in the cache.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.put('town', 'New York', seconds | null)

You can also specify expiration time (aka TTL or Time to Live) expressed in seconds as third parameter.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

// Store for 20 seconds.
await Cache.put('town', 'New York', 20)

The set method is an alias of put.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.set('town', 'New York', seconds | null)

Store if not present

The add method will only add the item to the cache if it does not already exist in the cache store.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.add('town', 'New York', seconds | null)

Store items forever

The forever method may be used to store an item in the cache permanently. Since these items will not expire, they must be manually removed from the cache using the forget method.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.forever('town', 'New York')

Multiple items

The putMany method stores an object of items into the cache.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const data = {
  town: 'New York',
  country: 'USA'
}

await Cache.putMany(data, seconds | null)

// Retrieve items
const town = await Cache.get('town') // 'New York'
const country = await Cache.get('country') // 'USA'

If you need to store multiple items permanently, you may use the putManyForever method.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const data = {
  town: 'New York',
  country: 'USA'
}

await Cache.putManyForever(data)

Retrieve items

One item

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const item = await Cache.get<string>('town')

Multiple items

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const items = await Cache.many<Record<string, any>>(['town', 'country'])

The many method will return an object with cache keys and their values. If a key is not found, the value will be null.

NOTICE: It is not recommended to use this function a lot because not all drivers have the ability to get items in bulk.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.put('town', 'New York')

const items = await Cache.many<Record<string, any>>(['town', 'country'])

items value will be:

{
  "town": "test",
  "country": null
}

Retrieve and store

Sometimes you may wish to retrieve an item from the cache, but also store a default value if the requested item doesn't exist. For example, you may wish to retrieve all posts from the cache or, if they don't exist, retrieve them from the database and add them to the cache. You may do this using the remember method.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

import Post from 'App/Models/Post'

const posts = await Cache.remember('posts', seconds | null, async () => await Post.all())

If the item does not exist in the cache, the closure passed to the remember method will be executed and its result will be placed in the cache.

If you wish to store the item with the default TTL, you need to pass null as second parameter.

You may use the rememberForever (or its alias sear) method to retrieve an item from the cache or store it forever if it does not exist. It accepts a closure as second parameter.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'
import Post from 'App/Models/Post'

const posts = await Cache.rememberForever('posts', async () => await Post.all())

Retrieve and delete

If you need to retrieve an item from the cache and then delete the item, you may use the pull method. Like the get method, null will be returned if the item does not exist in the cache.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const value = await Cache.get('key')

Checking for item existence

The has method may be used to determine if an item exists in the cache.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const exists = await Cache.has('key') // true or false

You can also use the missing method. It will return true if the item does not exist in the cache.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const exists = await Cache.missing('key') // true or false

Incrementing / Decrementing values

To change the value of integer items in the cache, use the increment and decrement methods. Both of these methods accept an optional second parameter specifying the amount by which the item's value should be incremented or decremented.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.increment('count') // Increment by 1
await Cache.increment('count', 5) // Increment by 5

await Cache.decrement('count') // Decrement by 1
await Cache.decrement('count', 5) // Decrement by 5

Removing items from the cache

One item

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.forget('town')

Multiple items

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.forgetMultiple(['town', 'country'])

All the items

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.flush()

// or

await Cache.clear()

Cache tags

NOTE: Cache tags are only supported when using redis, memcached or dynamodb drivers.

Cache tags can be used to store, access, and partially flush your cache using a given tag.

Think of tag as a namespace. If you store items using a tag (namespace), they will be accessed only using the tag.

If using multiple tags to store an item, tags list must ALWAYS be ordered. It means that storing items using ['tag_1', 'tag_2')] and accessing them using ['tag_2', 'tag_1')] will return null.

Store items using tags

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.tags(['tag_1', 'tag_2']).put('town', 'New York', seconds | null)

await Cache.tags('tag_3').put('country', 'USA')

Access items

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.tags(['tag_1', 'tag_2']).get('town') // Return New York
await Cache.tags(['tag_2', 'tag_1']).get('town') // Return null because tags list is not in the same order
await Cache.get('town') // Return NULL

await Cache.tags('tag_3').get('country') // Return USA
await Cache.get('country') // Return NULL

Remove items

Using flush or clear method with tags allow you to remove only the items stored using the same tag.

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

await Cache.tags(['tag_1', 'tag_2']).flush()

await Cache.tags('tag_3').flush()

Switching between stores

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const Memcached = Cache.use('memcached')

await Memcached.put('town', 'New York')

const InMemory = Cache.use('in_memory')

await InMemory.put('town', 'Madrid')

Adding a custom cache driver

The Cache exposes the API to add your custom drivers. Every driver must adhere to the CacheStoreContract.

export interface CacheStoreContract {
  get<T = any>(key: string): Promise<T | null>

  many<T extends Record<string, any>>(keys: Array<string>): Promise<T>

  put<T = any>(key: string, value: T, ttl: number): Promise<boolean>

  increment(key: string, value: number): Promise<number | boolean>

  decrement(key: string, value: number): Promise<number | boolean>

  putMany(list: Record<string, unknown>, ttl: number): Promise<Array<boolean>>

  putManyForever(list: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<Array<boolean>>

  has(key: string): Promise<boolean>

  forever<T = any>(key: string, value: T): Promise<boolean>

  forget(key: string): Promise<boolean>

  flush(): Promise<boolean>

  calculateTTL(ttlInMilliseconds: number): number

  add?<T = any>(key: string, value: T, ttl?: number): Promise<boolean>

  tags?(names: string | Array<string>): TaggedCacheContract
}

get

Return the cached value or null.

many

Return an object with cached records. If a key is not present in the cache, it will have a null value.

put

Store an item in the cache for a given number of seconds. Return a boolean to indicate if the operation has succeed or not.

increment

Return the incremented value or false if operation has failed.

decrementcrement

Return the decremented value or false if operation has failed.

putMany

Store multiple items in the cache for a given number of seconds. Return an array of booleans.

putManyForever

Store multiple items in the cache permanently. Return an array of booleans.

has

Return a boolean to indicate if the key exists in the cache.

forever

Store an item in the cache permanently. Return of boolean.

forget

Delete an item from the cache. Return a boolean.

flush

Delete all items from the cache. Return a boolean.

calculateTTL (optional method)

Return the ttl passed as parameter expressed in milliseconds. If your store supports automatic ttl expressed in seconds for example (this is the case for Memcached and DynamoDB), you should return ttlInMilliseconds / 1000.

add (optional method)

Store an item in the cache if the key does not exist for a given number of seconds. Return a boolean.

tags (optional method)

Begin executing a new tags operation if the store supports it. The store must extend from TaggableStore.

import type { CacheStoreContract } from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

import { TaggableStore } from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache/Stores'

export class DummyStore extends TaggableStore implements CacheStoreContract {}

Extending from outside in

For demonstration purposes, let's create a dummy store with no implementation.

mkdir providers/DummyStore
touch providers/DummyStore/index.ts

Open the DummyStore/index.ts file and paste the following contents inside it.

import type { CacheStoreContract } from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

import { BaseCacheStore } from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache/Stores'

export interface DummyStoreContract extends CacheStoreContract {}

export type DummyStoreConfig = {
  driver: 'dummy' // Driver name
  // ... other config options
}

export class DummyStore extends BaseCacheStore implements DummyStoreContract {
  // Implementation goes here
}

Next, you must register the driver with the Cache module. You must do it inside the boot method of a service provider. Open the pre-existing providers/AppProvider.ts file and paste the following code inside it.

import { ApplicationContract } from '@ioc:Adonis/Core/Application'

export default class AppProvider {
  constructor(protected app: ApplicationContract) {}

  public async boot() {
    const { DummyStore } = await import('./DummyStore')
    const Cache = this.app.container.use('Adonis/Addons/Cache')

    Cache.extend('dummy', (cache, store, config) => {
      return Cache.repository(config, new DummyStore())
    })
  }
}

Informing TypeScript about the new driver

Before someone can reference this driver within the config/cache.ts file. You will have to inform TypeScript static compiler about its existence.

If you are creating a package, then you can write the following code inside your package main file, otherwise you can write it inside the contracts/cache.ts file.

import {
  DummyStoreConfig,
  DummyStoreContract
} from '../providers/DummyStore'

declare module '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache' {
  interface CacheStores {
    dummy: {
      config: DummyStoreConfig
      implementation: DummyStoreContract
    }
  }
}

Using the driver

Open config/cache.ts and add the following content

{
  stores: {
    dummy: {
      driver: 'dummy',
      // ... rest of the config
    }
  }
}

import Cache from '@ioc:Adonis/Addons/Cache'

const Dummy = Cache.use('dummy')

await Dummy.put('test', 'Test dummy driver')
await Dummy.get('test')

Run tests

npm test

Author

👤 Oussama Benhamed

• Twitter: @Melchyore
• Github: @Melchyore

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License

Copyright © 2022 Oussama Benhamed. This project is MIT licensed.