Welcome to aiocache’s documentation!

Installing

  • pip install aiocache
  • pip install aiocache[redis]
  • pip install aiocache[memcached]
  • pip install aiocache[redis,memcached]

Usage

Using a cache is as simple as

>>> import asyncio
>>> from aiocache import Cache
>>> cache = Cache()
>>> with asyncio.Runner() as runner:
>>>     runner.run(cache.set("key", "value"))
True
>>>     runner.run(cache.get("key"))
'value'

Here we are using the SimpleMemoryCache but you can use any other listed in Caches. All caches contain the same minimum interface which consists on the following functions:

  • add: Only adds key/value if key does not exist. Otherwise raises ValueError.
  • get: Retrieve value identified by key.
  • set: Sets key/value.
  • multi_get: Retrieves multiple key/values.
  • multi_set: Sets multiple key/values.
  • exists: Returns True if key exists False otherwise.
  • increment: Increment the value stored in the given key.
  • delete: Deletes key and returns number of deleted items.
  • clear: Clears the items stored.
  • raw: Executes the specified command using the underlying client.

You can also setup cache aliases like in Django settings:

 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
import asyncio

from aiocache import caches, Cache
from aiocache.serializers import StringSerializer, PickleSerializer

caches.set_config({
    'default': {
        'cache': "aiocache.SimpleMemoryCache",
        'serializer': {
            'class': "aiocache.serializers.StringSerializer"
        }
    },
    'redis_alt': {
        'cache': "aiocache.RedisCache",
        'endpoint': "127.0.0.1",
        'port': 6379,
        'timeout': 1,
        'serializer': {
            'class': "aiocache.serializers.PickleSerializer"
        },
        'plugins': [
            {'class': "aiocache.plugins.HitMissRatioPlugin"},
            {'class': "aiocache.plugins.TimingPlugin"}
        ]
    }
})


async def default_cache():
    cache = caches.get('default')   # This always returns the same instance
    await cache.set("key", "value")

    assert await cache.get("key") == "value"
    assert isinstance(cache, Cache.MEMORY)
    assert isinstance(cache.serializer, StringSerializer)


async def alt_cache():
    # This generates a new instance every time! You can also use
    # `caches.create("alt", namespace="test", etc...)` to override extra args
    cache = caches.create("redis_alt")
    await cache.set("key", "value")

    assert await cache.get("key") == "value"
    assert isinstance(cache, Cache.REDIS)
    assert isinstance(cache.serializer, PickleSerializer)
    assert len(cache.plugins) == 2
    assert cache.endpoint == "127.0.0.1"
    assert cache.timeout == 1
    assert cache.port == 6379
    await cache.close()


async def test_alias():
    await default_cache()
    await alt_cache()

    cache = Cache(Cache.REDIS)
    await cache.delete("key")
    await cache.close()

    await caches.get("default").close()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(test_alias())

In examples folder you can check different use cases:

Indices and tables