Adds CACHALOT_TIMEOUT.

cachalot/monkey_patch.py

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ def _get_result_or_execute_query(execute_query_func, cache,
 
     if new_table_cache_keys:
         now = time()
-        cache.set_many({k: now for k in new_table_cache_keys}, None)
+        cache.set_many({k: now for k in new_table_cache_keys},
+                       cachalot_settings.CACHALOT_TIMEOUT)
     elif cache_key in data:
         timestamp, result = data.pop(cache_key)
         table_times = data.values()
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ def _get_result_or_execute_query(execute_query_func, cache,
     if isinstance(result, Iterable) and result.__class__ not in TUPLE_OR_LIST:
         result = list(result)
 
-    cache.set(cache_key, (time(), result), None)
+    cache.set(cache_key, (time(), result), cachalot_settings.CACHALOT_TIMEOUT)
 
     return result
 

cachalot/settings.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 class Settings(object):
     CACHALOT_ENABLED = True
     CACHALOT_CACHE = 'default'
+    CACHALOT_TIMEOUT = None
     CACHALOT_CACHE_RANDOM = False
     CACHALOT_INVALIDATE_RAW = True
     CACHALOT_ONLY_CACHABLE_TABLES = frozenset()

cachalot/tests/settings.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from time import sleep
 from unittest import skipIf
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 from django.test import TransactionTestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
+from ..api import invalidate
 from .models import Test, TestParent, TestChild
 
 
@@ -82,6 +84,33 @@ def test_cache(self):
             with self.assertNumQueries(0):
                 list(Test.objects.all())
 
+    def test_cache_timeout(self):
+        with self.assertNumQueries(1):
+            list(Test.objects.all())
+        sleep(1)
+        with self.assertNumQueries(0):
+            list(Test.objects.all())
+
+        invalidate(Test)
+
+        with self.settings(CACHALOT_TIMEOUT=0):
+            with self.assertNumQueries(1):
+                list(Test.objects.all())
+            sleep(0.05)
+            with self.assertNumQueries(1):
+                list(Test.objects.all())
+
+        # We have to test with a full second and not a shorter time because
+        # memcached only takes the integer part of the timeout into account.
+        with self.settings(CACHALOT_TIMEOUT=1):
+            with self.assertNumQueries(1):
+                list(Test.objects.all())
+            with self.assertNumQueries(0):
+                list(Test.objects.all())
+            sleep(1)
+            with self.assertNumQueries(1):
+                list(Test.objects.all())
+
     def test_cache_random(self):
         with self.assertNumQueries(1):
             list(Test.objects.order_by('?'))

docs/quickstart.rst

@@ -61,6 +61,23 @@ Settings
 .. |CACHES| replace:: ``CACHES``
 .. _CACHES: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/#std:setting-CACHES
 
+``CACHALOT_TIMEOUT``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:Default: ``None``
+:Description:
+  Number of seconds during which the cache should consider data as valid.
+  ``None`` means an infinite timeout.
+
+  .. warning::
+     Cache timeouts don’t work in a strict way on most cache backends.
+     A cache might not keep a cache key during the requested timeout:
+     it can keep it in memory during a shorter time than the specified timeout.
+     It can even keep it longer, even if data is not returned when you request it.
+     So **don’t rely on timeouts to limit the size of your database**,
+     you might face some unexpected behaviour.
+     Always set the maximum cache size instead.
+
 ``CACHALOT_CACHE_RANDOM``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -86,7 +103,7 @@ Settings
   Sequence of SQL table names that will be the only ones django-cachalot
   will cache. Only queries with a subset of these tables will be cached.
   The sequence being empty (as it is by default) doesn’t mean that no table
-  can be cached: it disables this setting, so any table can be cache.
+  can be cached: it disables this setting, so any table can be cached.
   :ref:`CACHALOT_UNCACHABLE_TABLES` has more weight than this:
   if you add a table to both settings, it will never be cached.
   Use a frozenset over other sequence types for a tiny performance boost.