How to cache a paginated Django queryset

Question

How do you cache a paginated Django queryset, specifically in a ListView?

I noticed one query was taking a long time to run, so I\'m attempting to cache it. The queryset

Answer 1

I wanted to paginate my infinite scrolling view on my home page and this is the solution I came up with. It's a mix of Django CCBVs and the author's initial solution.

The response times, however, didn't improve as much as I would've hoped for but that's probably because I am testing it on my local with just 6 posts and 2 users haha.

    # Import
    from django.core.cache import cache
    from django.core.paginator import InvalidPage
    from django.views.generic.list import ListView
    from django.http Http404

    class MyListView(ListView):
    template_name = 'MY TEMPLATE NAME'
    model = MY POST MODEL
    paginate_by = 10



    def paginate_queryset(self, queryset, page_size):

        """Paginate the queryset"""
        paginator = self.get_paginator(
            queryset, page_size, orphans=self.get_paginate_orphans(),
            allow_empty_first_page=self.get_allow_empty())

        page_kwarg = self.page_kwarg

        page = self.kwargs.get(page_kwarg) or self.request.GET.get(page_kwarg) or 1

        try:
            page_number = int(page)

        except ValueError:
            if page == 'last':
                page_number = paginator.num_pages

            else:
                raise Http404(_("Page is not 'last', nor can it be converted to an int."))
        try:
            page = paginator.page(page_number)
            cache_key = 'mylistview-%s-%s' % (page_number, page_size)
            retreive_cache = cache.get(cache_key)

            if retreive_cache is None:
                print('re-caching')
                retreive_cache = super(MyListView, self).paginate_queryset(queryset, page_size)

                # Caching for 1 day
                cache.set(cache_key, retreive_cache, 86400)

            return retreive_cache
        except InvalidPage as e:
            raise Http404(_('Invalid page (%(page_number)s): %(message)s') % {
                'page_number': page_number,
                'message': str(e)
            })