memory-cache-ttl

A simple (and performant) in-memory cache with Time To Live functionality.

Install

npm i memory-cache-ttl --save

Usage

const cache = require('memory-cache-ttl');

cache.init({ ttl: 3, interval: 1, randomize: false });

cache.set('asd', 'dsa');

console.log(cache.check('asd')); //true

console.log(cache.get('asd')); //dsa

setTimeout(() => {
  console.log(cache.check('asd')); //false
  console.log(cache.get('asd')); //undefined
}, 5000);

API

.init(settings)

sets global options

.set(key, value, ttl optional)

sets value and local TTL (seconds) for key.

.check(key)

returns true/false

.get(key)

returns value of key

.del(key)

deletes value of key

.flush()

deletes all values

Settings

ttl seconds

sets a global TTL

interval seconds

sets TTL expiery-check interval

randomize boolean

randomizes the TTL (needs global TTL to be set)

extendOnHit boolean

resets the TTL on a cache entry hit with .get()

onInterval Promise(id) => newValue

a promise called on each interval, takes cache entry id as a parameter and can (optional) return a new cache entry value.
if no value is returned, the old cache value is used.