feat: adjusted user cache data to match the Serializer structure

user_app/caching.py

@@ -2,33 +2,30 @@ import json
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from .models import User
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
-from django.core import serializers
+from .serializers import UserSerializer
 
 def get_cached_user(user_id):
     cache_key = f"user_{user_id}"
-    cached_user_json = cache.get(cache_key)
-
-    if cached_user_json is not None:
-        return json.loads(cached_user_json)
-
+    cached_user = cache.get(cache_key)
+    
+    if cached_user is not None:
+        return cached_user
     try:
         user = User.objects.get(id=user_id)
     except ObjectDoesNotExist:
         return None
 
-    if user:
-        user_data = serializers.serialize('json', [user])
-        cache.set(cache_key, user_data, timeout=3600)
+    serializer = UserSerializer(user)
+    user_data = serializer.data
+ 
+    cache.set(cache_key, user_data, timeout=3600)
 
-        return json.loads(user_data)[0]['fields']
-    else:
-        return None
+    return user_data
 
 
 def cache_user(user_id, user_data, timeout=3600):
     """
     Saves user data in the cache.
     """
-    cache_key = f"user_{user_id}"
-    user_json = json.dumps(user_data) 
-    cache.set(cache_key, user_json, timeout)
+    cache_key = f"user_{user_id}" 
+    cache.set(cache_key, user_data, timeout)

user_app/serializers.py

@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
     queryset = User.objects.all()
+    
     parser_classes = [CamelCaseJSONParser] 
     renderer_classes = [CamelCaseJSONRenderer] 

user_app/views.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     serializer_class = UserSerializer
 
     def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        user_id = kwargs.get("pk")
+        user_id = kwargs.get("pk") 
         cached_user = get_cached_user(user_id)
         
         if cached_user:
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
 
         user = self.get_object()
         serialized_user = UserSerializer(user).data
+        
         cache_user(user_id, serialized_user)
 
         return Response(serialized_user)