Reimplement caching

.env.sample

@@ -29,3 +29,17 @@ BACKEND_SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS="admin@test.com"
 
 # docker-compose.yml
 BACKEND_PORT=8000
+
+# Cache
+BACKEND_CACHE_HOST="redis"
+BACKEND_CACHE_PORT="6379"
+BACKEND_CACHE_USERNAME="REPLACE-ME"
+BACKEND_CACHE_PASSWORD="REPLACE-ME"
+
+# DEBUG Variables: Only used in development
+BACKEND_PASSWORD="REPLACE-ME"
+
+
+# # CACHE
+CACHE_USERNAME="REPLACE-ME"
+CACHE_PASSWORD="REPLACE-ME"

docker-compose.dev.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./src:/app/src # NOTE: Do not hot reload the entire /app folder as it will break the .venv
 
+  # Cache
+  redis:
+    image: redis:latest
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_USERNAME=${CACHE_USERNAME}
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD=${CACHE_PASSWORD}
+      - REDIS_DISABLE_DEFAULT_USER="true"
+      
   # Email Testing Server
   # http://localhost:8025
   inbucket:
@@ -27,4 +36,3 @@ services:
       - INBUCKET_WEB_ADDR=0.0.0.0:8025
       - INBUCKET_STORAGE_TYPE=memory
       - INBUCKET_STORAGE_MAILBOXMSGCAP=2000
-

docker-compose.yml

@@ -6,9 +6,19 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
     image: git.06222001.xyz/keannu125/drf_template:latest
+    restart: always
     ports:
       - "${BACKEND_PORT}:8000"
     environment:
       - RUN_TYPE=api
     volumes:
       - ./src:/app/src # Bind mount for persistent schema.yml and static files
+
+  # Cache
+  redis:
+    image: redis:latest
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_USERNAME=${CACHE_USERNAME}
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD=${CACHE_PASSWORD}
+      - REDIS_DISABLE_DEFAULT_USER="true"

pyproject.toml

@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ dependencies = [
     "django-unfold>=0.65.0",
     "gunicorn>=23.0.0",
     "django-cors-headers>=4.7.0",
+    "django-redis>=6.0.0",
 ]

src/core/config/models.py

@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ class Config(BaseModel):
         default=False,
         description="Whether to serve media files locally as oppossed to using a cloud storage solution.",
     )
-    SMTP_HOST: StrictStr = Field(required=True, description="SMTP server address")
+    SMTP_HOST: StrictStr = Field(
-    SMTP_PORT: int = Field(default=587, description="SMTP server port (default: 587)")
+        required=True, description="SMTP server address")
+    SMTP_PORT: int = Field(
+        default=587, description="SMTP server port (default: 587)")
     SMTP_USE_TLS: bool = Field(
         default=True, description="Whether to use TLS for SMTP connections"
     )
@@ -66,6 +68,18 @@ class Config(BaseModel):
     DEBUG_USER_PASSWORD: StrictStr = Field(
         required=True, description="Password for test users created during development"
     )
+    CACHE_USERNAME: StrictStr = Field(
+        required=True, description="Cache server authentication username"
+    )
+    CACHE_PASSWORD: StrictStr = Field(
+        required=True, description="Cache server authentication password"
+    )
+    CACHE_HOST: StrictStr = Field(
+        required=True, description="Server host used for caching"
+    )
+    CACHE_PORT: int = Field(
+        required=True, description="Server port used for caching"
+    )
 
     @field_validator("CORS_ORIGINS", "ALLOWED_HOSTS", mode="before")
     def parse_list(cls, v):

src/core/settings.py

@@ -242,8 +242,21 @@ SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
     "SERVE_INCLUDE_SCHEMA": False,
 }
 
+
 # Pygraphviz
 GRAPH_MODELS = {
     "all_applications": True,
     "group_models": True,
 }
+
+
+# Caching
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": f"redis://{config.CACHE_USERNAME}:{config.CACHE_PASSWORD}@{config.CACHE_HOST}:{config.CACHE_PORT}/1",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+        },
+    }
+}

uv.lock

@@ -235,6 +235,19 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/64/96/d967ca440d6a8e3861120f51985d8e5aec79b9a8bdda16041206adfe7adc/django_extensions-4.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0699a7af28f2523bf8db309a80278519362cd4b6e1fd0a8cd4bf063e1e023336", size = 232980, upload-time = "2025-04-11T01:15:37.701Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "django-redis"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "django" },
+    { name = "redis" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/08/53/dbcfa1e528e0d6c39947092625b2c89274b5d88f14d357cee53c4d6dbbd4/django_redis-6.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2d9cb12a20424a4c4dde082c6122f486628bae2d9c2bee4c0126a4de7fda00dd", size = 56904, upload-time = "2025-06-17T18:15:46.376Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7e/79/055dfcc508cfe9f439d9f453741188d633efa9eab90fc78a67b0ab50b137/django_redis-6.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:20bf0063a8abee567eb5f77f375143c32810c8700c0674ced34737f8de4e36c0", size = 33687, upload-time = "2025-06-17T18:15:34.165Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "django-rest-framework"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -358,6 +371,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "django" },
     { name = "django-cors-headers" },
     { name = "django-extensions" },
+    { name = "django-redis" },
     { name = "django-rest-framework" },
     { name = "django-silk" },
     { name = "django-unfold" },
@@ -379,6 +393,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "django", specifier = ">=5.2.5" },
     { name = "django-cors-headers", specifier = ">=4.7.0" },
     { name = "django-extensions", specifier = ">=4.1" },
+    { name = "django-redis", specifier = ">=6.0.0" },
     { name = "django-rest-framework", specifier = ">=0.1.0" },
     { name = "django-silk", specifier = ">=5.4.2" },
     { name = "django-unfold", specifier = ">=0.65.0" },
@@ -635,6 +650,15 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redis"
+version = "6.4.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0d/d6/e8b92798a5bd67d659d51a18170e91c16ac3b59738d91894651ee255ed49/redis-6.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b01bc7282b8444e28ec36b261df5375183bb47a07eb9c603f284e89cbc5ef010", size = 4647399, upload-time = "2025-08-07T08:10:11.441Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e8/02/89e2ed7e85db6c93dfa9e8f691c5087df4e3551ab39081a4d7c6d1f90e05/redis-6.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f0544fa9604264e9464cdf4814e7d4830f74b165d52f2a330a760a88dd248b7f", size = 279847, upload-time = "2025-08-07T08:10:09.84Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "referencing"
 version = "0.36.2"