cacherjs

JS TTL Cache Mechanism.

This is a UMD module that can be used as AMD module, native and NodeJS.

Getting Started

Run npm install cacherjs

Overview

A TTL cache mechanism with the following options at instance creation

options.max

Type: Number Default value: 0

optional max items in cache - 0 is unlimited

options.maxStrategy

Type: Cacher.MAX_STRATEGY Default value: Cacher.MAX_STRATEGY.NO_ADD

optional strategy for max items (new items will not be added or closest ttl item should be removed)

options.ttl

Type: Number Default value: 0

optional TTL for each cache item - 0 is unlimited

options.interval

Type: Number Default value: 1000

optional interval for eviction loop in milliseconds

options.ontimeout

Type: Function Default value: Empty function

optional global handler for timeout of items in cache - return false if you want the items to not be deleted after ttl, or object { ttl: number, callback: function } to update the TTL or callback

options.onkickout

Type: Function Default value: Empty function

optional global handler for kick out (forced evict) of items in cache

API

get (key, [optional]pop)

Will get the value associated with the given key. pop is a boolean flag indicating whether to also pop/remove the item from cache.

set (key, value, [optional]ttl, [optional]callback)

Will set value and associate it with the given key. ttl will override the time to live for the item inside the cache. callback will be called on item timeout - return false if you want the item to not be deleted after ttl, or object { ttl: number, callback: function } to update the TTL or callback

remove (key)

Will remove key from cache.

removeAll

Will clean the cache completely

Example

var Cacher = require("cacherjs").Cacher;
var cache = new Cacher({
    ttl: 180000,
    interval: 30000,
    max: 5000,
    maxStrategy: Cacher.MAX_STRATEGY.CLOSEST_TTL
});
ttlCache.set("key1", "someValue");
ttlCache.get("key1"); //"someValue"

License

MIT