server-store

Local storage for nodejs which use filesystem to store data in JSON file.

Use case:

If there is a downstream third party service that always returns same set of data for a given type of request and which doesn't get updated frequently the we can cache the data at node layer instead of making a new service call. e.g: https://xyz.com/api/getZipCodes?state=CA => [95000, 95001, ....]

We can use local DB to address this but for the application which is stateless or no DB or used only for orchestration

This module writes/reads local file system in sync and async API is currently work in progress.

NOTE: Please don't use this as a database to store critical information, please fall back to service in case of Errors

Features

• Create a local store for nodejs
• Set/Save data to the local store
• Get data from the local store
• Clear the local store
• Auto expire the data based on expiry time

Usage

npm install server-store --save
const Store = require('server-store');
const testStore = new Store('appName','storeName');

To store data to local store

testStore.setItem(key, value);

To get data from store

testStore.getItem(key);

To clear all data from store

testStore.clearCache();

@Parameters

• appName - {Required} - {String} - application name used for name space
• storeName - {Required} - {String} - Data store name
• path - {optional} - String - folder path where node can create/read/write store. Default: /tmp/store
• expiryTime - {optional} - Number - Store expiry time in milli seconds. Default 1 hr
• maxStoreSize - {optional} - Number - Maximum store size in bytes. Default 1 mb