cache_deco

Implements high level function caching to any backend with a decorator

Install

pip install redis_cache_decorator

Usage

Setup

from cache_deco import Cache
from backends.redis.redis_backend import RedisBackend
# Create your cache backend
redis = RedisBackend('localhost', 6379)
# Use this backend as your cache
c = Cache(redis)

Cache

@c.cache()
def my_method(a, b, c):
  return a ** b ** c

Options

expiration: Number of seconds to keep the result in the cache. Defaults to 60 seconds when not specified.

e.g.

@c.cache(expiration=100)
def my_method():
  ...

signature_generator: Callable function that generates the signature to cache on. The default signature generator will be used if not specified.

e.g.

def sig_gen(*args, **kwargs):
  return "?".join(args)
  
@c.cache(signature_generator=sig_gen)
def my_method():
  ...

invalidator: Boolean to determine whether or not to return a cache invalidating function

e.g.

@c.cache(invalidator=True)
def my_method():
    ...

Now when you call my_method, it will return two values. The first value is the cached return if a cache hit occurs, otherwise it's the return value from executing the function. The second value is a callable function to invalidate the cache.

return_value, invalidator = my_method()

To invalidate the cached return, just call the invalidator:

invalidator()

Custom Backends

You can use any backend for the cache by implementing the base class

Contributing

Check for any open issues, or open one yourself! All contributions are appreciated.

Tests

nosetests