Cachalot is a minimal persistent memoization cache. It provides a decorator, that stores function result for future use. Perfect for heavy computations and I/O operation (such as web requests). On backend, it uses TinyDB for storage.
Features
Simple usage via decorator
Persistent caching
Key expiration
Maximum cache size, to prevent bloat
Installation
Cachalot requires Python 3.5 or newer to run.
Python package
You can easily install Cachalot using pip:
pip3 install cachalot
Manual
Alternatively, to get the latest development version, you can clone this repository and then manually install it:
git clone git@gitlab.com:radek-sprta/cachalot.git cd cachalot python3 setup.py install
Usage
from cachalot import Cache
@Cache()
def expensive_function():
return expensive_calculation()Advanced usage
from cachalot import Cache
@Cache(path='cache.json', timeout=3600, size=5000)
def expensive_function():
return expensive_calculation()path: Path to the database file. Defaults to .cache.json.
timeout: How long should the data be cached in seconds. Defaults to 86400 (1 day).
size: Maximum number of keys cached. Defaults to 10000.
For more information, see documentation.
TODO
Test suite
Optionally retry if blank data is returned
Contributing
For information on how to contribute to the project, please check the Contributor’s Guide
Contact
License
MIT License
Credits
This package was created with Cookiecutter and the python-cookiecutter project template. Inspired by Cashier
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
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