from datetime import datetime, timedelta class ExpiredDict(dict): def __init__(self, expires_in_seconds): super().__init__() self.expires_in_seconds = expires_in_seconds def __getitem__(self, key): value, expiry_time = super().__getitem__(key) if datetime.now() > expiry_time: del self[key] raise KeyError("expired {}".format(key)) self.__setitem__(key, value) return value def __setitem__(self, key, value): expiry_time = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=self.expires_in_seconds) super().__setitem__(key, (value, expiry_time)) def get(self, key, default=None): try: return self[key] except KeyError: return default