This is an implementation of the memcache protocol written in javascript. It uses the sockets layer as provided by the
node.js “net” module.

To use the code, you can include it as an external include directly from your project:

Memcache = require('/path/to/memcache');

Or, alternatively, you can checkout / copy the code from this repository into the node_modules subfolder of your project by hand, and include it like this:

Memcache = require('memcache')

An npm installation that will simplify inclusion is currently being worked on.

Simple usage example:

// Host and port of the constructor are optional. Default values are "localhost" and 11211. 
var connection = new Memcache(host, port);

// setting key "some_key" to the value "some_value" on the memcache server
connection.set('some_key', 'some_value');
// same with callback and additional options
connection.set('some_key', 'some_value', {
	expires:60,
	flags:0,
	callback: function () {
		// do something here
	}
});

// retrieve key "some_key" from the memcache server
connection.get('some_key', function(response) {
	if (response.success) {
		// process results, they are stored in response.data
		console.dir(response.data);
	}
});
bc. 

After you are finished getting / setting data from your server, you should tell all connections to close by issuing the @shutdown()@ command:

connection.shutdown();

This client uses connection pooling, as suggested by the memcached documentation. If you’d like to turn it off, set
Memcache.pooling to false.