kwhitley/apicache

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1248 stars · 191 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A simple API response caching middleware for Express/Node that caches route responses using plain-English durations like '5 minutes'. It supports a built-in memory engine or Redis, with cache grouping, indexing, and manual clearing controls.

Use cases

• cache express api responses
• add response caching to node rest api
• cache api routes with redis
• avoid hitting database on repeated api calls
• clear cached api responses by group
• simple ttl caching middleware for express

When to choose

• you want dead-simple route-level response caching in Express or Restify with minimal setup
• you need plain-English TTL durations and optional Redis backing
• you want cache groups, index inspection, and manual clearing out of the box

When to avoid

• you need fine-grained cache invalidation, stale-while-revalidate, or HTTP cache headers control
• you're not using Express/Restify-style middleware
• you need an actively developed project with recent maintenance

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

caching middleware backend web-development apis express restify redis response-cache api-middleware nodejs web-server

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