Per-request cache in Django?

Question

I would like to implement a decorator that provides per-request caching to any method, not just views. Here is an example use case.

I have a custom ta

Answer 1

You can always do the caching manually.

    ...
    if "get_favorites" in request.POST:
        favorites = request.POST["get_favorites"]
    else:
        from django.core.cache import cache

        favorites = cache.get(request.user.username)
        if not favorites:
            favorites = get_favorites(request.user)
            cache.set(request.user.username, favorites, seconds)
    ...