flutter_api_cache 0.0.1

A powerful, lightweight API response caching solution for Flutter with TTL, offline-first support, stale-while-revalidate, and Dio interceptor.

0.0.1

• Initial release
• 5 caching strategies: cacheFirst, networkFirst, staleWhileRevalidate, networkOnly, cacheOnly
• Dio interceptor for automatic request/response caching
• Dual-layer caching: in-memory LRU + persistent disk storage (Hive)
• Configurable TTL per endpoint and per request
• Offline-first support with automatic cache fallback on network errors
• Stale-while-revalidate with background refresh and callback notification
• Smart cache key generation using MD5 hashing of method, URL, query params, and body
• LRU eviction by entry count, total size, and TTL expiry
• Per-request policy via Dio request extras
• URL pattern-based policy mapping
• Force refresh support to bypass cache
• Cache statistics (entry count, size, memory entries)
• Manual cache invalidation (single entry, pattern-based, clear all)
• Pluggable storage backend via CacheStorage abstract interface