dbcache 0.2.0

A postgresql backed cache system

DBCACHE

This small library allows to cache costly things within a postgresql table.

keys and values are bytes.

To initialize the cache, type:

$ dbcache init-db postgresql://foo:bar@postgresql/mydb

Example usage:

  from time import sleep
  from datetime import timedelta
  from dbcache.api import dbcache

  cache = dbcache('postgresql://foo:bar@postgresql/mydb')

  assert cache.get(b'a') is None
  cache.set(b'a', b'aaa')
  assert cache.get(b'a') == b'aaa'

  cache.delete(b'a')
  assert cache.get(b'a') is None

  cache.set(b'b', b'bbb', lifetime=timedelta(seconds=1))
  assert cache.get(b'b') == b'bbb'
  sleep(1)
  assert cache.get(b'b') is None

If you merely want a simple key-value store, you can use very long lifetimes (e.g. timedelta(days=9999)).