Resetting cache for Django cached template loader

Question

Django 1.2 introduced a new template loader, that stores data in cache ( django.template.loaders.cached.Loader ).

Unfortunatly, i failed to find any inf

Answer 1

Only this solution will work guaranteed, including production environment, without server restart and even if you're using 'django.template.loaders.cached.Loader' backend:

import django.template.loader

def reset_template_cache():
    if django.template.loader.template_source_loaders:
        for t in django.template.loader.template_source_loaders:
            t.reset()

This is explicit absolute import, which can be used for patching global variables. You can be sure that other answers are wrong after using {% include 'some_template' %} template tag (cache of the 'some_template' not be reseted after using loader.reset() where loader is just iterator of template_source_loaders imported by relative import.

I used this method for invalidation the templates storing in the database (created by django-dbtemplates library), and which included into normal templates by {% include %} template tag.