cachetools_ext

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Source Code: https://github.com/olirice/cachetools_ext

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An extension for cachetools

Installation:

pip install cachetools_ext

Features:

cachetools_ext.fs.FSLRUCache:

• A cachetools.cached compatible file system backed LRU cache with optional TTL. Note, the cache key must be a string.
• Parameters:
  • maxsize: int = maximum number of entries in the cache before evicting
  • path: Optional[Union[str, pathlib.Path]] = path to the sqlite database (does not need to exist)
  • ttl: Optional[int] = time to live in seconds
  • clear_on_start: bool = if true, clear the cache on instantiation

Usage:

from pathlib import Path
from urllib import request
from cachetools import cached
from cachetools_ext.fs import FSLRUCache

@cached(cache=FSLRUCache(maxsize=32, ttl=360), key=lambda x: f'get_pep|num={x}')
def get_pep(num):
    """Lookup a Python Enhacement Proposals (PEP) by id"""
    url = 'http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-%04d/' % num
    with request.urlopen(url) as s:
        return s.read()