restify-request-cache

Wrapper function for a restify route handler, to cache the request results using memcache.

Table of contents

• restify-request-cache
  • Table of contents
  • Why this package exists
  • Installation
    • NPM
    • YARN
  • How to use
    • Example
    • Options
  • Memcached
    • Setting up
    • Server
  • What to expect in future releases

Why this package exists

Currently there are limited caching packages out there that support Restify. For this reason I have made a small package specifically for Restify to cache requests very easily using Memcached.

Installation

NPM

npm install restify-request-cache

YARN

yarn add restify-request-cache

Then require into your project as followed:

const { Memcached, restifyRequestCache } = require('restify-request-cache');

How to use

Example

const restify = require('restify');
const {
  Memcached,
  restifyRequestCache,
} = require('restify-request-cache');

const server = restify.createServer();
const memcached = new Memcached('172.17.0.2:11211', {} /* Memcached options */);

server.get(
  '/hello/:name', // Route path
  /**
   * This is where we wrap the restifyRequestCache method
   * around our normal restify route handler.
   */
  restifyRequestCache(async (req, res, next) => {
    res.send(200, req.params.name, {});
    next();
  }, memcached, {} /* options */ ),
);


server.listen(8080, () => {
  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
  console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url);
});

Options

Currently the following options are used, which can be overwritten when passing an Object as third argument to the restifyRequestCache method.

• ttl: Number number of seconds the cached object will remain.
• hash.alghorithm: String alghorithm used to create hash from request (will be used as key in cache).
• hash.inputEncoding: String encoding of input data.
• hash.digest: String encoding of output data (cache key).

const defaultOptions = {
  ttl: 10,
  hash: {
    alghorithm: 'md5',
    inputEncoding: 'utf8',
    digestEncoding: 'hex',
  },
};

Memcached

Setting up

To read more about how to set up Memcached, click on the following link: https://www.npmjs.com/package/memcached.

Server

A quick way to start using Memcached with Docker: https://hub.docker.com/_/memcached.

What to expect in future releases

• In-memory support.
• Redis support.
• The ability to bust cached requests.