Lay Away

A simple cache that's good enough.

Getting Started Examples

• Set entry
• Set entry with TTL
• Delete entry
• Clear all entries

Getting Started

1. Add dependency to project

   npm install --save lay-away

2. Create instance of lay-away

   import Cache from 'lay-away'

    const cache = Cache()
   

3. Write data to the cache

   cache.set('a', 1)

4. Read data from the cache

   cache.get('a')

Examples

Set entry

import Cache from 'lay-away'

const cache = Cache()
cache.set('a', 1)

console.log(cache.get('a'))
// => 1

Set entry with TTL

import Cache from 'lay-away'
import { setTimeout as sleep } from 'node:timers/promises'

const cache = Cache()
cache.set('a', 1, 1000)

console.log(cache.get('a'))
// => 1

await sleep(1000)

console.log(cache.get('a'))
// => undefined

Delete entry

import Cache from 'lay-away'

const cache = Cache()
cache.set('a', 1)

console.log(cache.get('a'))
// => 1

cache.del('a')

console.log(cache.get('a'))
// => undefined

Clear all entries

import Cache from 'lay-away'

const cache = Cache()
cache.set('a', 1)

console.log(cache._data.size)
// => 1

cache.clear()

console.log(cache._data.size)
// => 0