cache-point

Simple, filesystem-backed memoisation cache. Use to cache the output of expensive operations speeding up future invocations with the same input.

Synopsis

const Cache = require('cache-point')
 
/* a mock function to simulate a slow remote request */
async function fetchUser (id) {
  return new Promise(resolve => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      resolve({ id, name: 'Layla' })
    }, 1000)
  })
}
 
class Users {
  constructor () {
    this.cache = new Cache({ dir: 'tmp/example' })
  }
 
  async getUser (id) {
    let user
    try {
      /* cache.read() will resolve on hit, reject on miss */
      user = await this.cache.read(id)
    } catch (err) {
      if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
        /* cache miss, fetch remote user */
        user = await fetchUser(id)
        this.cache.write(id, user)
      }
    }
    return user
  }
}
 
async function start () {
  console.time('getUser')
  const users = new Users()
  const user = await users.getUser(1)
  console.timeEnd('getUser')
  console.log(user)
}
 
start().catch(console.error)

The first invocation will take 1 second while the remote user is fetched.

$ node example/simple.js
getUser: 1.025s
{ id: 10, name: 'Layla' }

Since the cache is now warm, future invocations will be fast.

$ node example/simple.js
getUser: 17.07ms
{ id: 10, name: 'Layla' }

API Reference

cache-point

• cache-point
  • Cache ⏏
    • new Cache([options])
    • .dir : string
    • .read(keys) ⇒ Promise
    • .readSync(keys) ⇒ string
    • .write(keys, content) ⇒ Promise
    • .writeSync(keys, content)
    • .getChecksum(keys) ⇒ string
    • .clear() ⇒ Promise
    • .remove() ⇒ Promise

Cache ⏏

Kind: Exported class

new Cache([options])

cache.dir : string

Current cache directory. Can be changed at any time.

Kind: instance property of Cache

cache.read(keys) ⇒ Promise

A cache hit resolves with the stored value, a miss rejects with an ENOENT error code.

Kind: instance method of Cache
Throws:

• ENOENT

cache.readSync(keys) ⇒ string

A cache hit returns the stored value, a miss returns null.

Kind: instance method of Cache

cache.write(keys, content) ⇒ Promise

Write some data to the cache. Returns a promise which resolves when the write is complete.

Kind: instance method of Cache

cache.writeSync(keys, content)

Write some data to the cache with a key.

Kind: instance method of Cache

cache.getChecksum(keys) ⇒ string

Used internally to convert a key value into a hex checksum. Override if for some reason you need a different hashing strategy.

Kind: instance method of Cache

cache.clear() ⇒ Promise

Clears the cache. Returns a promise which resolves once the cache is clear.

Kind: instance method of Cache

cache.remove() ⇒ Promise

Clears and removes the cache directory. Returns a promise which resolves once the remove is complete.

Kind: instance method of Cache

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