ttl-set

ttl-set

Like a JavaScript Set, but with a TTL on entries

Installation

npm install ttl-set --save

Usage

const TTLSet = require('ttl-set')

const cache = new TTLSet(60 * 1000) // TTL: 1 minute

cache.add('hello')
// ...wait 40 seconds...
cache.add('world')
// ...wait 40 seconds...
console.log(cache.has('hello')) // => false
console.log(cache.has('world')) // => true
// ...wait 40 seconds...
console.log(cache.has('world')) // => false

API

TTLSet(ttl) constructor

Create a new instance of the TTLSet. Takes ttl as a required argument, which is the number of milliseconds for elements to live in the TTLSet before evicting them.

TTLSet.prototype.add(value)

Adds the given value to the TTLSet.

TTLSet.prototype.clear()

Clear all previously added values to the TTLSet.

TTLSet.prototype.has(value)

Returns true if the TTLSet contains the given value. Returns false otherwise.

TTLSet.prototype.size

The number of elements in the TTLSet.

License

MIT