Generic Cache

Generic cache is a caching server over http, the url sent to the server is checked for existence in the key value store.

How to use

The cache_settings.py file contains the configuration for the server.

cache_type = in_mem_cache.InMemoryCache # or redis_cache.RedisCache
kwargs = {
    'host': 'redis',
    'port': 6379,
    'db': 0
}
ttl = 604800 # (1 week)
accept_header_key = "accept"

• The cache_type (required) variable can be set to either in_mem_cache.InMemoryCache or redis_cache.RedisCache.
• The ttl (required) is the time to live for the key in seconds.
• The accept_header_key (required) is the url parameter we are going to use to when fetching from origin as the http accept header.
• Others are optional and can be set as required. Like the kwargs variable which is a dictionary of the connection parameters for the redis server.

NOTE The corresponding interface for the cache type should "know" how to handle the required config items.

Running the server

To run the server, you can use the following command:

• For dev build

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d

• For prod build

docker compose up -d