feat: implement cache on getPrompt and getPromptById methods

src/api.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { ReadStream } from 'fs';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 import { LiteralClient } from '.';
+import { sharedCache } from './cache/sharedcache';
+import { getPromptCacheKey } from './cache/utils';
 import {
   Dataset,
   DatasetExperiment,
@@ -340,6 +342,8 @@ type CreateAttachmentParams = {
  * Then you can use the `api` object to make calls to the Literal service.
  */
 export class API {
+  /** @ignore */
+  private cache: typeof sharedCache;
   /** @ignore */
   public client: LiteralClient;
   /** @ignore */
@@ -372,6 +376,8 @@ export class API {
       throw new Error('LITERAL_API_URL not set');
     }
 
+    this.cache = sharedCache;
+
     this.apiKey = apiKey;
     this.url = url;
     this.environment = environment;
@@ -399,7 +405,7 @@ export class API {
    * @returns The data part of the response from the GraphQL endpoint.
    * @throws Will throw an error if the GraphQL call returns errors or if the request fails.
    */
-  private async makeGqlCall(query: string, variables: any) {
+  private async makeGqlCall(query: string, variables: any, timeout?: number) {
     try {
       const response = await axios({
         url: this.graphqlEndpoint,
@@ -408,7 +414,8 @@ export class API {
         data: {
           query: query,
           variables: variables
-        }
+        },
+        timeout
       });
       if (response.data.errors) {
         throw new Error(JSON.stringify(response.data.errors));
@@ -2110,41 +2117,75 @@ export class API {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Retrieves a prompt by its id.
-   *
-   * @param id ID of the prompt to retrieve.
-   * @returns The prompt with given ID.
+   * Retrieves a prompt by its id. If the request fails, it will try to get the prompt from the cache.
    */
   public async getPromptById(id: string) {
     const query = `
-    query GetPrompt($id: String!) {
-      promptVersion(id: $id) {
-        createdAt
-        id
-        label
-        settings
-        status
-        tags
-        templateMessages
-        tools
-        type
-        updatedAt
-        url
-        variables
-        variablesDefaultValues
-        version
-        lineage {
-          name
+      query GetPrompt($id: String!) {
+        promptVersion(id: $id) {
+          createdAt
+          id
+          label
+          settings
+          status
+          tags
+          templateMessages
+          tools
+          type
+          updatedAt
+          url
+          variables
+          variablesDefaultValues
+          version
+          lineage {
+            name
+          }
         }
       }
-    }
     `;
 
     return await this.getPromptWithQuery(query, { id });
   }
 
   /**
-   * Retrieves a prompt by its name and optionally by its version.
+   * Private helper method to execute prompt queries with error handling and caching
+   */
+  private async getPromptWithQuery(
+    query: string,
+    variables: { id?: string; name?: string; version?: number }
+  ) {
+    const cachedPrompt = sharedCache.get(getPromptCacheKey(variables));
+    const timeout = cachedPrompt ? 1000 : undefined;
+
+    try {
+      const result = await this.makeGqlCall(query, variables, timeout);
+
+      if (!result.data || !result.data.promptVersion) {
+        return cachedPrompt;
+      }
+
+      const promptData = result.data.promptVersion;
+      promptData.provider = promptData.settings?.provider;
+      promptData.name = promptData.lineage?.name;
+      delete promptData.lineage;
+      if (promptData.settings) {
+        delete promptData.settings.provider;
+      }
+
+      const prompt = new Prompt(this, promptData);
+
+      sharedCache.put(prompt.id, prompt);
+      sharedCache.put(prompt.name, prompt);
+      sharedCache.put(`${prompt.name}:${prompt.version}`, prompt);
+
+      return prompt;
+    } catch (error) {
+      return cachedPrompt;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieves a prompt by its name and optionally by its version. If the request fails, it will try to get the prompt from the cache.
    *
    * @param name - The name of the prompt to retrieve.
    * @param version - The version number of the prompt (optional).
@@ -2171,31 +2212,9 @@ export class API {
       }
     }
     `;
-
     return await this.getPromptWithQuery(query, { name, version });
   }
 
-  private async getPromptWithQuery(
-    query: string,
-    variables: Record<string, any>
-  ) {
-    const result = await this.makeGqlCall(query, variables);
-
-    if (!result.data || !result.data.promptVersion) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    const promptData = result.data.promptVersion;
-    promptData.provider = promptData.settings?.provider;
-    promptData.name = promptData.lineage?.name;
-    delete promptData.lineage;
-    if (promptData.settings) {
-      delete promptData.settings.provider;
-    }
-
-    return new Prompt(this, promptData);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Retrieves a prompt A/B testing rollout by its name.
    *

src/cache/sharedcache.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const cache: Map<string, any> = new Map();
+
+class SharedCache {
+  private static instance: SharedCache;
+
+  public constructor() {
+    if (SharedCache.instance) {
+      throw new Error('SharedCache can only be created once');
+    }
+    SharedCache.instance = this;
+  }
+
+  public getInstance(): SharedCache {
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public getCache(): Map<string, any> {
+    return cache;
+  }
+
+  public get(key: string): any {
+    return cache.get(key);
+  }
+
+  public put(key: string, value: any): void {
+    cache.set(key, value);
+  }
+
+  public clear(): void {
+    cache.clear();
+  }
+}
+
+export const sharedCache = new SharedCache();
+
+export default sharedCache;

src/cache/utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+export function getPromptCacheKey({
+  id,
+  name,
+  version
+}: {
+  id?: string;
+  name?: string;
+  version?: number;
+}): string {
+  if (id) {
+    return id;
+  } else if (name && typeof version === 'number') {
+    return `${name}:${version}`;
+  } else if (name) {
+    return name;
+  }
+  throw new Error('Either id or name must be provided');
+}

tests/api.test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+import axios from 'axios';
 import 'dotenv/config';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 import { ChatGeneration, IGenerationMessage, LiteralClient } from '../src';
+import { sharedCache } from '../src/cache/sharedcache';
 import { Dataset } from '../src/evaluation/dataset';
 import { Score } from '../src/evaluation/score';
+import { Prompt, PromptConstructor } from '../src/prompt-engineering/prompt';
 import { sleep } from './utils';
 
 describe('End to end tests for the SDK', function () {
@@ -597,6 +600,30 @@ describe('End to end tests for the SDK', function () {
   });
 
   describe('Prompt api', () => {
+    const mockPromptData: PromptConstructor = {
+      id: 'test-id',
+      name: 'test-prompt',
+      version: 1,
+      createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      type: 'CHAT',
+      templateMessages: [],
+      tools: [],
+      settings: {
+        provider: 'test',
+        model: 'test',
+        frequency_penalty: 0,
+        presence_penalty: 0,
+        temperature: 0,
+        top_p: 0,
+        max_tokens: 0
+      },
+      variables: [],
+      variablesDefaultValues: {},
+      metadata: {},
+      items: [],
+      provider: 'test'
+    };
+
     it('should get a prompt by name', async () => {
       const prompt = await client.api.getPrompt('Default');
 
@@ -657,6 +684,56 @@ is a templated list.`;
       expect(formatted[0].content).toBe(expected);
     });
 
+    it('should fallback to cache when getPromptById DB call fails', async () => {
+      const prompt = new Prompt(client.api, mockPromptData);
+      sharedCache.put(prompt.id, prompt);
+      sharedCache.put(prompt.name, prompt);
+      sharedCache.put(`${prompt.name}:${prompt.version}`, prompt);
+
+      jest
+        .spyOn(client.api as any, 'makeGqlCall')
+        .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('DB Error'));
+
+      const result = await client.api.getPromptById(prompt.id);
+      expect(result).toEqual(prompt);
+    });
+
+    it('should fallback to cache when getPrompt DB call fails', async () => {
+      const prompt = new Prompt(client.api, mockPromptData);
+
+      sharedCache.put(prompt.id, prompt);
+      sharedCache.put(prompt.name, prompt);
+      sharedCache.put(`${prompt.name}:${prompt.version}`, prompt);
+
+      jest.spyOn(axios, 'post').mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('DB Error'));
+
+      const result = await client.api.getPrompt(prompt.id);
+      expect(result).toEqual(prompt);
+    });
+
+    it('should update cache with fresh data on successful DB call', async () => {
+      const prompt = new Prompt(client.api, mockPromptData);
+
+      jest.spyOn(client.api as any, 'makeGqlCall').mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        data: { promptVersion: prompt }
+      });
+
+      await client.api.getPromptById(prompt.id);
+
+      const cachedPrompt = sharedCache.get(prompt.id);
+      expect(cachedPrompt).toBeDefined();
+      expect(cachedPrompt?.id).toBe(prompt.id);
+    });
+
+    it('should return null when both DB and cache fail', async () => {
+      jest
+        .spyOn(client.api as any, 'makeGqlCall')
+        .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('DB Error'));
+
+      const result = await client.api.getPromptById('non-existent-id');
+      expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     it('should get a prompt A/B testing configuration', async () => {
       const promptName = 'TypeScript SDK E2E Tests';