Redis LRU Cache With TTL Eviction
Build a Redis-backed caching layer with TTL eviction, LRU maxmemory policy, cache-aside reads, and explicit invalidation on writes.
Code
import { createClient } from 'redis';
const redis = createClient({ url: process.env.REDIS_URL ?? 'redis://127.0.0.1:6379' });
redis.on('error', (err) => console.error('redis:', err.message));
await redis.connect();
const TTL_SECONDS = 300;
async function cached(key, loader) {
const hit = await redis.get(key);
if (hit !== null) {
await redis.incr('cache:stats:hits');
return JSON.parse(hit);
}
const fresh = await loader();
await redis.set(key, JSON.stringify(fresh), { EX: TTL_SECONDS, NX: true });
await redis.incr('cache:stats:misses');
return fresh;
}
async function invalidate(prefix) {
const pattern = prefix + ':*';
for await (const key of redis.scanIterator({ MATCH: pattern, COUNT: 200 })) {
await redis.del(key);
}
}
const product = await cached('product:42', () => fetchProduct(42));
await invalidate('product');
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