Asp.Net Core: Use memory cache outside controller

Question

In ASP.NET Core its very easy to access your memory cache from a controller

In your startup you add:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection         


        

Answer 1

I am bit late here, but just wanted to add a point to save someone's time. You can access IMemoryCache through HttpContext anywhere in application

var cache = HttpContext.RequestServices.GetService<IMemoryCache>();

Please make sure to add MemeoryCache in Startup

services.AddMemoryCache();

Answer 2

There is another very flexible and easy way to do it is using System.Runtime.Caching/MemoryCache

System.Runtime.Caching/MemoryCache:
This is pretty much the same as the old day's ASP.Net MVC's HttpRuntime.Cache. You can use it on ASP.Net CORE without any dependency injection, in any class you want to. This is how to use it:

// First install 'System.Runtime.Caching' (NuGet package)

// Add a using
using System.Runtime.Caching;

// To get a value
var myString = MemoryCache.Default["itemCacheKey"];

// To store a value
MemoryCache.Default["itemCacheKey"] = myString;

Answer 3

Memory cache instance may be injected to the any component that is controlled by DI container; this means that you need configure ScheduledStuff instance in the ConfigureServices method:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) {
  services.AddMemoryCache();
  services.AddSingleton<ScheduledStuff>();
}

and declare IMemoryCache as dependency in ScheduledStuff constructor:

public class ScheduledStuff {
  IMemoryCache MemCache;
  public ScheduledStuff(IMemoryCache memCache) {
    MemCache = memCache;
  }
}