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.