memcache Example

memcache-example.py

"""
See U{the MemCached homepage<http://www.danga.com/memcached>} for more about memcached.
"""

    import memcache
    mc = memcache.Client(['127.0.0.1:11211'], debug=0)
 
    mc.set("some_key", "Some value")
    value = mc.get("some_key")
 
    mc.set("another_key", 3)
    mc.delete("another_key")
 
    mc.set("key", "1")   # note that the key used for incr/decr must be a string.
    mc.incr("key")
    mc.decr("key")
 
#The standard way to use memcache with a database is like this::
 
    key = derive_key(obj)
    obj = mc.get(key)
    if not obj:
        obj = backend_api.get(...)
        mc.set(key, obj)
 
    # we now have obj, and future passes through this code
    # will use the object from the cache.