iomem
Memcached client implementing binary protocol with native multiple keys support.
yarn add iomem
or
npm install iomem
The constructor accepts two optional arguments - servers list and config options.
const Mem = require('iomem')
const iomem = new Mem(['127.0.0.1:11211'], { timeout: 500, retries: 2 })
...
The first argument also accepts a string when you have only one server.
See Custom servers and Options for more details.
const Mem = require('iomem')
const iomem = new Mem()
await iomem.set('test:key', 'hello')
const value = await iomem.get('test:key')
console.log(value)
iomem.end() // call end() when your script or web server exits
const Mem = require('iomem')
const iomem = new Mem()
// set the same value for multiple keys
await iomem.set(['test:key1', 'test:key2'], 'test')
// set different values with `key => value` object
await iomem.setk({ 'test:key1': 'hello', 'test:key2': 'world' })
// get values as an array
await iomem.get(['test:key1', 'test:key2'])
// get values as a `key => value` object
await iomem.getk(['test:key1', 'test:key2'])
// delete keys
await iomem.del(['test:key1', 'test:key2'])
...
iomem.end() // call end() when your script or web server exits
For more details please see Commands section.
{
stream: false, // set true to force client methods return streams instead of promises
expiry: 60 * 60 * 24 * 1, // 1 day, time interval in seconds
maxConnections: 10, // max connections per server
connectionTimeout: 1000, // connection timeout in milliseconds
timeout: 500, // request timeout in milliseconds
retries: 2, // request retries - max retries
retriesDelay: 100, // request retries - initial delay
retriesFactor: 2, // request retries - exponential factor
maxFailures: 10, // max server failures to swap server with a failover server
failoverServers: [], // failover servers list
keepAliveInitialDelay: 0 // initial delay in milliseconds for keep-alive functionality
}
Please take a look at Case #2 for a better approach before enabling stream flag.
const Mem = require('iomem')
const iomem = new Mem(['127.0.0.1:11211', '127.0.0.2:11211'])
...
iomem.end() // call end() when your script or web server exits
Supported address formats:
// host
or
// host:port
or
// username:password@host:port
or
// username:password@host
or
// /path/to/memcached.sock
Please note that the library automatically performs value serialization and deserialization. Here is a list of the possible value types:
value: string|String|Number|BigInt|Boolean|Date|Array|Buffer|Object|null
Be aware that any value in the below commands list refers to a value of any type specified above.
The following data types for key and expiry must be ensured by the library user:
key: string - storage key, 250 bytes max as defined in Memcached
expiry: unsigned integer - time interval in seconds, defaults to expiry from the config options.
For more details please see Memcached commands.
get(key): value|null - get a value for a single key.
get([key1, ...]): [value, ...] - get an array of values for multiple keys.
getk(key): {key: value}|null - get a key => value object for a single key.
getk([key1, ...]): {key: value, ...} - get a key => value object for multiple keys.
gets(key): cas|null - get cas for a single key.
gets([key1, ...]): {key: cas, ...} - get a key => cas object for multiple keys.
getsv(key): {value, cas}|null - get cas and value for a single key.
getsv([key1, ...]): {key: {value, cas}}, ...} - get a key => { value, cas } object for multiple keys.
Set methods return true when all values were successfully set. Otherwise, when client receives 0x0001 or 0x0002 statuses from Memcached (this is abnormal behavior for set commands), the returned value will be false.
set(key, value, expiry): true|false - set a value for a single key.
set([key1, ...], value, expiry): true|false - set the same value for multiple keys.
setk({key: value, ...}, expiry): true|false - set multiple values with key => value object.
Add commands set a key only when it is not set yet (a key does not exist in the Memcached). The methods will return false when at least one key was not successfully set (meaning a key was already set with some value, so it was not set with the value you provided with a command).
add(key, value, expiry): true|false - add a value for a single key.
add([key1, ...], value, expiry): true|false - add the same value for multiple keys.
addk({key: value, ...}, expiry): true|false - add multiple values with key => value object.
Replace commands set a new value for a key only when it is already set with some value (a key does exist in the Memcached). The methods will return false when at least one key was not successfully set (meaning a key did not exist in the Memcached when you ran a command).
replace(key, value, expiry): true|false - replace a value for a single key.
replace([key1, ...], value, expiry): true|false - replace the same value for multiple keys.
replacek({key: value, ...}, expiry): true|false - replace multiple values with key => value object.
The cas command sets a key with a new value only when cas parameter matches cas value stored in a key. To retrieve the current cas value for a key please see GET commands.
cas(key, value, cas, expiry): true|false - set a value if the cas matches.
Delete commands delete a key only when it exists. The methods will return false when at least one key does not exist.
del(key): true|false - delete a key.
del([key1, ...]): true|false - delete multiple keys.
Increment and decrement commands add or substract the specified delta value from the current counter value initialized with initial value. You can use SET, ADD, REPLACE commands to set a counter value.
incr(key, initial, delta, expiry): value|null - increment counter and returns its value.
incr([key1, ...], initial, delta, expiry): [value, ...] - increment counter and returns its value for multiple keys.
decr(key, initial, delta, expiry): value|null - decrement counter and returns its value.
decr([key1, ...], initial, delta, expiry): [value, ...] - decrement counter and returns its value for multiple keys.
Paramters:
initial: BigInt - initial counter value
delta: BigInt - amount to add or substruct from a counter
expiry - see Commands
If you want to get the current value from a counter without changing its value, use GET commands and manually deserialize the response buffer.
...
const FLAGS = require('iomem/src/flags')
const { deserialize } = require('iomem/src/serializer')
deserialize(await iomem.get('test:foo'), FLAGS.bigint)
...
flush() - flush cached items on all servers.
flush(expiry) - flush cached items on all servers in expiry seconds.
quit() - closes connection that query hits (either existing or a new one) on all servers. Useless in multi-connection and multi-server environment.
noop() - sends empty packet to all servers and returns true on success, may be useful for pinging.
version(): {<hostname>: <version>, ...} - get Memcached version string from all servers and return hostname => version object.
Append and prepend commands either append or prepend a string value to an existing value stored by a key.
append(key, value): true|false - append value to a stored value
append([key1, ...], value): true|false - append value to a stored value for multiple keys
appends(key, value): cas|null - append value and return new cas.
appends([key1, ...], value): [cas1, ...] - append value to multiple keys and return cas array.
appendk({key: value, ...}): true|false - append by key => value pairs.
appendks({key: value, ...}): [cas1, ...] - append by key => value pairs and return cas array.
prepend(key, value): true|false - prepend value to a stored value
prepend([key1, ...], value): true|false - prepend value to a stored value for multiple keys
prepends(key, value): cas|null - prepend value and return new cas.
prepends([key1, ...], value): [cas1, ...] - prepend value to multiple keys and return cas array.
prependk({key: value, ...}): true|false - prepend by key => value object.
prependks({key: value, ...}): [cas1, ...] - prepend by key => value object and return cas array.
Stat command requests statistics from each server. Without a key the stat command will return a default set of statistics information for each server.
stat(): {<hostname>: object, ...} - get a default set of statistics information in hostname => object format.
stat(key): {<hostname>: object, ...} - get statistics specified with a key (e.g. items, slabs, sizes) in hostname => object format, see Memcached wiki.
Touch command sets a new expiration time for a key. Returns true when a key exists and false otherwise.
touch(key, expiry): true|false - set expiration time for a single key.
touch([key1, ...], expiry): true|false - set expiration time for multiple keys.
Gat command sets a new expiration time for a key and returns a key value.
gat(key, expiry): null|value - set expiration time for a single key.
gat([key1, ...], expiry): [value, ...] - set expiration time for a multiple keys.
Force iomem methods to return a stream instead of a promise by passing stream: true flag.
Please see Case #2 for a better approach.
const Mem = require('iomem')
const iomem = new Mem(['127.0.0.1:11211'], { stream: true })
const { pipeline, Writable } = require('node:stream')
// Set some data
await iomem.set('test:a', 'a')
// Writable stream
const ws = new Writable({ objectMode: true, write (data, _, cb) { console.log(data); cb() } })
// Pipeline
pipeline(iomem.get('test:a'), ws, err => {
if (err) {
console.error(err)
}
})
...
iomem.end() // call end() when your script or web server exits
Create a stream with special method called stream and supply data with readable stream. Do not care about stream flag.
This is the recommended approach
const Mem = require('iomem')
const iomem = new Mem(['127.0.0.1:11211'])
const { pipeline, Readable, Writable } = require('node:stream')
// Set some data
await iomem.set('test:a', 'a')
// Readable stream
const rs = Readable.from([Mem.get('test:a')][Symbol.iterator]())
// Writable stream
const ws = new Writable({ objectMode: true, write (data, _, cb) { console.log(data); cb() } })
// Pipeline
pipeline(rs, iomem.stream(), ws, err => {
if (err) {
console.error(err)
}
})
...
iomem.end() // call end() when your script or web server exits
Combine case #1 with readable stream to supply extra data into the stream.
const Mem = require('iomem')
const iomem = new Mem(['127.0.0.1:11211'], { stream: true })
const { pipeline, Readable, Writable } = require('node:stream')
// Set some data
await iomem.set('test:a', 'a')
await iomem.set('test:b', 'b')
// Readable stream
const rs = Readable.from([Mem.get('test:a')][Symbol.iterator]())
// Writable stream
const ws = new Writable({ objectMode: true, write (data, _, cb) { console.log(data); cb() } })
// Pipeline
pipeline(rs, iomem.get('test:b'), ws, err => {
if (err) {
console.error(err)
}
})
...
iomem.end() // call end() when your script or web server exits
As you may have noticed from the above examples, in order to supply a readable stream with client methods you have to
use a static version of the methods like Mem.get('test:a') instead of iomem.get('test:a').
The caveat here is that you may assume that for the methods accepting an expiry (like set, add, etc..)
it will use the default expiry that you have passed into the client constructor in case you omit the method argument.
But in reality it won't know anything about your client instances and therefore their configs as it's a static class method. So by default it will 1 day interval as an expiry.
In order to supply static methods with default expiry, please use Mem.setDefaultExpiry(expiry) static method.
const Mem = require('iomem')
const iomem = new Mem(['127.0.0.1:11211'], { stream: true })
const { pipeline, Readable, Writable } = require('node:stream')
// Set default expiry for static methods
Mem.setDefaultExpiry(60 * 60) // 1 hour
// Readable stream
const rs = Readable.from([Mem.set('test:a', 'a'), Mem.get('test:a')][Symbol.iterator]())
// Writable stream
const ws = new Writable({ objectMode: true, write (data, _, cb) { console.log(data); cb() } })
// Pipeline
pipeline(rs, iomem.get('test:b'), ws, err => {
if (err) {
console.error(err)
}
})
...
iomem.end() // call end() when your script or web server exits
FAQs
Memcached client implementing binary protocol with native multiple keys support
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