django-rest-framework/docs/api-guide/caching.md
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# Caching
> A certain woman had a very sharp conciousness but almost no
> memory ... She remembered enough to work, and she worked hard.
> - Lydia Davis
Caching in REST Framework works well with the cache utilities
provided in Django.
---
## Using cache with apiview and viewsets
Django provides a [`method_decorator`][decorator] to use
decorators with class based views. This can be used with
with other cache decorators such as [`cache_page`][page] and
[`vary_on_cookie`][cookie].
```python
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework.views import APIView
from rest_framework import viewsets
class UserViewSet(viewsets.Viewset):
# Cache requested url for each user for 2 hours
@method_decorator(cache_page(60*60*2))
@method_decorator(vary_on_cookie)
def list(self, request, format=None):
content = {
'user_feed': request.user.get_user_feed()
}
return Response(content)
class PostView(APIView):
# Cache page for the requested url
@method_decorator(cache_page(60*60*2))
def get(self, request, format=None):
content = {
'title': 'Post title',
'body': 'Post content'
}
return Response(content)
```
**NOTE:** The [`cache_page`][page] decorator only caches the
`GET` and `HEAD` responses with status 200.
[django]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/cache/
[page]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/cache/#the-per-view-cache
[cookie]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/decorators/#django.views.decorators.vary.vary_on_cookie
[decorator]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/class-based-views/intro/#decorating-the-class