---
lang: en
title: 'API docs: pooling'
keywords: LoopBack 4.0, LoopBack 4, Node.js, TypeScript, OpenAPI
sidebar: lb4_sidebar
editurl: https://github.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/tree/master/extensions/pooling
permalink: /doc/en/lb4/apidocs.pooling.html
---

<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->

[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/pooling](./pooling.md)

## pooling package

[@loopback/pooling](https://github.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/tree/master/extensions/pooling)

## Classes

<table><thead><tr><th>

Class


</th><th>

Description


</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td markdown="1">

[PoolingService](./pooling.poolingservice.md)


</td><td markdown="1">

A singleton service to maintain a pool of resources. This pool service can be bound to different keys to represent multiple pools. Each binding is a singleton so that the state stays the same for injections into multiple instances for other artifacts.


</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

## Functions

<table><thead><tr><th>

Function


</th><th>

Description


</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td markdown="1">

[createPooledBindingFactory(bindingAddress)](./pooling.createpooledbindingfactory.md)


</td><td markdown="1">

Create a function to return a pooled binding factory


</td></tr>
<tr><td markdown="1">

[getPooledValue(poolingService, requestCtx)](./pooling.getpooledvalue.md)


</td><td markdown="1">

Acquire a resource from the pooling service or pool


</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

## Interfaces

<table><thead><tr><th>

Interface


</th><th>

Description


</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td markdown="1">

[Poolable](./pooling.poolable.md)


</td><td markdown="1">

Life cycle methods that a poolable resource can optionally implement so that they can be triggered by the pooling service


</td></tr>
<tr><td markdown="1">

[PooledValue](./pooling.pooledvalue.md)


</td><td markdown="1">

Pooled resource instance


</td></tr>
<tr><td markdown="1">

[PoolFactory](./pooling.poolfactory.md)


</td><td markdown="1">

Factory for the pooling service


</td></tr>
<tr><td markdown="1">

[PoolingServiceOptions](./pooling.poolingserviceoptions.md)


</td><td markdown="1">

Options to configure a resource pool


</td></tr>
</tbody></table>