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cached-fn

Lightweight, lazy, cached function that runs only once when needed

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cached-fn

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Lightweight, lazy, cached function that runs only once when needed

SYNOPSIS

/**
 * Simple cache system for fetching text (cache never expires)
 */
const fetchText = cachedFn(async (url) => {
  const res = await fetch(url);
  return res.text();
});

/**
 * Singleton pattern (cache never expires)
 */
const getInstance = cachedFn(() => new MyClass());

/**
 * Time-windowed cache: results are scoped to 5-minute windows
 * (cache is automatically invalidated every 5 minutes)
 */
const fetchJson5m = cachedFn.cycle(5 * 60 * 1000, async (url) => {
  const res = await fetch(url);
  return res.json();
});

Function Usage

const text = await fetchText(url);

const instance = getInstance();

const json = await fetchJson5m(url);

Flushing All Cache

process.on("SIGHUP", () => cachedFn.flush());

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MIT LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Yusuke Kawasaki

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Package last updated on 12 Jun 2025

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