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Delete specific cache in Flask-Cache or Flask-Caching

I am using Flask cache in my API in python.

Currently I am using the decorator @app.cache.memoize(cache_memoize_value) and I flush it by calling app.cache.delete_memoized(view)

The problem is that with memoize it will be cached for n views and not for a specific amount of time. If I want to specify a timeout for the cache I need to use the decorator @app.cache.cached(timeout=300) and clear it with app.cache.clear(). However, this clear method will clear everything and not only a specific view.

How can I only clear a specific view while using the cached decorator?

Solution

  • It's in fact pretty easy and I should have tried this before. Like for the cached decorator, you can specify a value in the memoized decorator. But instead of doing this: @app.cache.memoize(cache_memoize_value)

    You need to do this @app.cache.memoize(timeout=cache_memoize_value)