cacheable

Simple Caching Engine using Keyv

cacheable is a simple caching engine that uses Keyv as the storage engine. It is designed to be simple to use and extend. Here are some of the features:

Simple to use with robust API
Not bloated with additional modules
Extendable to your own caching engine
Scalable and trusted storage engine by Keyv
Statistics built in by default
Hooks and Events to extend functionality
Comprehensive testing and code coverage
Maintained and supported

Getting Started

cacheable is primarily used as an extension to you caching engine with a robust storage backend Keyv, Memonization, Hooks, Events, and Statistics.

npm install cacheable

Extending Your own Caching Engine

import { Cacheable } from 'cacheable';

export class MyCache extends Cacheable {
  constructor() {
	super();
  }
}

From here you now how the ability to use the cacheable API. You can also extend the API to add your own functionality.

Storage Adapters and Keyv

To set Keyv as the storage engine, you can do the following:

import { Cacheable } from 'cacheable';
import Keyv from 'keyv';

export class MyCache extends Cacheable {
  constructor() {
	super(new Keyv('redis://user:pass@localhost:6379'));
  }
}

or you can do it at the property level:

import { Cacheable } from 'cacheable';
import Keyv from 'keyv';

export class MyCache extends Cacheable {
  constructor() {
	super();

	this.store = new Keyv('redis://user:pass@localhost:6379');
  }
}

Statistics

To get statistics on your cache, you can do the following:

import { Cacheable } from 'cacheable';

export class MyCache extends Cacheable {
  constructor() {
	super();
  }

  async getStats() {
	return this.stats.getReport();
  }
}

This will generate the following json object:

{
  "cacheSize": 100,
  "currentSize": 80,
  "hits": 500,
  "misses": 200,
  "hitRate": 0.71,
  "evictions": 50,
  "averageLoadPenalty": 0.05,
  "loadSuccessCount": 700,
  "loadExceptionCount": 10,
  "totalLoadTime": 3500,
  "topHits": [
    {
      "key": "key1",
      "value": "value1",
      "lastAccessed": 1627593600000,
      "accessCount": 50
    },
    {
      "key": "key2",
      "value": "value2",
      "lastAccessed": 1627593600000,
      "accessCount": 45
    }
    // More items...
  ],
  "leastUsed": [
    {
      "key": "key3",
      "value": "value3",
      "lastAccessed": 1627593600000,
      "accessCount": 5
    },
    {
      "key": "key4",
      "value": "value4",
      "lastAccessed": 1627593600000,
      "accessCount": 4
    }
    // More items...
  ]
}

cacheSize: The maximum number of items that can be stored in the cache.
currentSize: The current number of items in the cache. hits: The number of cache hits. A cache hit occurs when the requested data is found in the cache.
misses: The number of cache misses. A cache miss occurs when the requested data is not found in the cache and needs to be loaded.
hitRate: The ratio of cache hits to the total number of cache lookups. This is a measure of the cache's effectiveness.
evictions: The number of items that have been evicted from the cache, typically because the cache is full.
averageLoadPenalty: The average time spent loading new values into the cache, typically measured in milliseconds. This could be calculated as totalLoadTime / (hits + misses).
loadSuccessCount: The number of times cache loading has succeeded.
loadExceptionCount: The number of times cache loading has failed due to exceptions.
totalLoadTime: The total time spent loading new values into the cache, typically measured in milliseconds.

Hooks and Events

The following hooks are available for you to extend the functionality of cacheable:

preSet: This is called before the set method is called.
postSet: This is called after the set method is called.
preSetMany: This is called before the setMany method is called.
postSetMany: This is called after the setMany method is called.
preGet: This is called before the get method is called.
postGet: This is called after the get method is called.
preGetMany: This is called before the getMany method is called.
postGetMany: This is called after the getMany method is called.

An example of how to use these hooks:

import { Cacheable } from 'cacheable';

const cacheable = new Cacheable();
cacheable.hooks.setHook('preSet', (key, value) => {
  console.log(`preSet: ${key} ${value}`);
});

The following events are available for you to extend the functionality of cacheable:

set: This is called when the set method is called.
setMany: This is called when the setMany method is called.
get: This is called when the get method is called.
getMany: This is called when the getMany method is called.
clear: This is called when the clear method is called.
has: This is called when the has method is called.
disconnect: This is called when the disconnect method is called.
error: This is called when an error occurs.

API

set(key, value, ttl?): Sets a value in the cache.
setMany([{key, value, ttl?}]): Sets multiple values in the cache.
get(key): Gets a value from the cache.
has(key): Checks if a value exists in the cache.
getMany([keys]): Gets multiple values from the cache.
delete(key): Deletes a value from the cache.
clear(): Clears the cache.
disconnect(): Disconnects from the cache.
getStats(): Gets statistics from the cache.
setHook(hook, callback): Sets a hook.
deleteHook(hook): Removes a hook.
emitEvent(event, data): Emits an event.
on(event, callback): Listens for an event.
removeListener(event, callback): Removes a listener.
store: The Keyv storage engine.

How to Contribute

You can contribute by forking the repo and submitting a pull request. Please make sure to add tests and update the documentation. To learn more about how to contribute go to our main README https://github.com/jaredwray/cacheable. This will talk about how to Open a Pull Request, Ask a Question, or Post an Issue.

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Getting Started

Extending Your own Caching Engine

Storage Adapters and Keyv

Statistics

Hooks and Events

API

How to Contribute

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