---
title: "Retrieve data from the cache"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/nodejs/v2/cloud-scale/cache/retrieve-data-from-cache/
description: "This page describes the method to retrieve data from the cache in your NodeJS application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T11:07:33Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Retrieve data from the cache - API"
    url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/cache/get-cache-value/#GetCacheValue
  - name: "Cache"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/cache/introduction
---

# Retrieve data from the cache

> **Note:** This SDK is currently in deprecation. Migrate to [JavaScript SDK](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/javascript/v1/cloudscale/cache/retreive-data/) now.

### Get Cache Value

[Catalyst cache](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/cache/introduction) is divided into partitions or
cache units called segments. Each segment stores cache items in the form of key-value pairs. Both keys and values are of
the String type.

You can retrieve the value of a cache item from a segment in the cache using the `getValue()`
method. You must pass the key name as the argument. The promise returned here will be resolved to a String, which is the
actual value of the key.

The `segment` reference used in the code snippet below is the [segment instance](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/nodejs/v2/cloud-scale/cache/get-segment-instance) created
earlier.

```javascript
//Get cache value by passing the key name 
let cache = app.cache(); 
let segment = cache.segment(); 
let cachePromise = segment.getValue('Age'); 
cachePromise.then((entity) => { console.log(entity); });
```

### Get Cache Object

You can retrieve the details of the cache where the key-value pair is of the object type. The key object is retrieved
using the _get()_ method where the key name is passed as an argument. The _segment_ reference used in the code snippet
below is a [segment instance.](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/nodejs/v2/cloud-scale/cache/get-segment-instance)
The promise returned here will be resolved to an object which is a JSON.

```javascript
//Get Cache object by passing the key name as argument 
let cache = app.cache(); 
let segment = cache.segment(); 
let cachePromise = segment.get('Age'); 
cachePromise.then((entity) => { console.log(entity); });
```

A sample response that you will receive for each version is shown below:

**Node JS**

```

    {
    cache_name: "Name",
    cache_value: "Amelia Burrows",
    project_details: { project_name: "AlienCity", id: "2136000000007733" },
    segment_details: { segment_name: "DataStore", id: "2136000000008572" },
    expires_in: "Aug 18, 2021 06:39 PM",
    expiry_in_hours: "47",
    ttl_in_milliseconds: "172727000"
    }

    {
    cache_name: "Name",
    cache_value: "Amelia Burrows",
    project_details: { project_name: "AlienCity", id: 2136000000007733 },
    segment_details: { segment_name: "DataStore", id: 2136000000008572 },
    expires_in: "Aug 18, 2021 06:39 PM",
    expiry_in_hours: 47,
    ttl_in_milliseconds: 172609000
    }

```