| # mem [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/mem) |
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| > [Memoize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoization) functions - An optimization used to speed up consecutive function calls by caching the result of calls with identical input |
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| Memory is automatically released when an item expires. |
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| ## Install |
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| ``` |
| $ npm install mem |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| const mem = require('mem'); |
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| let i = 0; |
| const counter = () => ++i; |
| const memoized = mem(counter); |
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| memoized('foo'); |
| //=> 1 |
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| // Cached as it's the same arguments |
| memoized('foo'); |
| //=> 1 |
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| // Not cached anymore as the arguments changed |
| memoized('bar'); |
| //=> 2 |
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| memoized('bar'); |
| //=> 2 |
| ``` |
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| ##### Works fine with promise returning functions |
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| ```js |
| const mem = require('mem'); |
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| let i = 0; |
| const counter = async () => ++i; |
| const memoized = mem(counter); |
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| (async () => { |
| console.log(await memoized()); |
| //=> 1 |
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| // The return value didn't increase as it's cached |
| console.log(await memoized()); |
| //=> 1 |
| })(); |
| ``` |
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| ```js |
| const mem = require('mem'); |
| const got = require('got'); |
| const delay = require('delay'); |
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| const memGot = mem(got, {maxAge: 1000}); |
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| (async () => { |
| await memGot('sindresorhus.com'); |
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| // This call is cached |
| await memGot('sindresorhus.com'); |
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| await delay(2000); |
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| // This call is not cached as the cache has expired |
| await memGot('sindresorhus.com'); |
| })(); |
| ``` |
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| ## API |
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| ### mem(fn, [options]) |
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| #### fn |
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| Type: `Function` |
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| Function to be memoized. |
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| #### options |
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| Type: `Object` |
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| ##### maxAge |
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| Type: `number`<br> |
| Default: `Infinity` |
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| Milliseconds until the cache expires. |
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| ##### cacheKey |
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| Type: `Function` |
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| Determines the cache key for storing the result based on the function arguments. By default, if there's only one argument and it's a [primitive](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Primitive), it's used directly as a key, otherwise it's all the function arguments JSON stringified as an array. |
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| You could for example change it to only cache on the first argument `x => JSON.stringify(x)`. |
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| ##### cache |
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| Type: `Object`<br> |
| Default: `new Map()` |
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| Use a different cache storage. Must implement the following methods: `.has(key)`, `.get(key)`, `.set(key, value)`, `.delete(key)`, and optionally `.clear()`. You could for example use a `WeakMap` instead or [`quick-lru`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-lru) for a LRU cache. |
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| ##### cachePromiseRejection |
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| Type: `boolean`<br> |
| Default: `false` |
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| Cache rejected promises. |
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| ### mem.clear(fn) |
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| Clear all cached data of a memoized function. |
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| #### fn |
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| Type: `Function` |
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| Memoized function. |
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| ## Tips |
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| ### Cache statistics |
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| If you want to know how many times your cache had a hit or a miss, you can make use of [stats-map](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/stats-map) as a replacement for the default cache. |
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| #### Example |
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| ```js |
| const mem = require('mem'); |
| const StatsMap = require('stats-map'); |
| const got = require('got'); |
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| const cache = new StatsMap(); |
| const memGot = mem(got, {cache}); |
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| (async () => { |
| await memGot('sindresorhus.com'); |
| await memGot('sindresorhus.com'); |
| await memGot('sindresorhus.com'); |
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| console.log(cache.stats); |
| //=> {hits: 2, misses: 1} |
| })(); |
| ``` |
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| ## Related |
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| - [p-memoize](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-memoize) - Memoize promise-returning & async functions |
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| ## License |
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| MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com) |