feat: optimize Redis cache and implement various improvements for Task and User apps

.gitignore

@@ -144,3 +144,6 @@ GitHub.sublime-settings
 **/migrations/**
 !**/migrations
 !**/migrations/__init__.py
+
+# Redis #
+dump.rdb

task_app/admin.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class SubTaskInline(admin.TabularInline):
 
 class AssignedTaskInline(admin.TabularInline):
     model = AssignedTask
+    fields = ['user_id']
     extra = 1 
 
 @admin.register(Task)

task_app/caching.py

@@ -1,16 +1,49 @@
 from django.core.cache import cache
+from django.core import serializers
 from .models import Task
 
+def get_cached_tasks():
+    cache_key = "all_tasks"
+    cached_tasks_json = cache.get(cache_key)
+
+    if cached_tasks_json is not None:
+        deserialized_objects = list(serializers.deserialize('json', cached_tasks_json))
+        tasks = [obj.object for obj in deserialized_objects]
+        return tasks
+
+    tasks = Task.objects.all()
+    tasks_json = serializers.serialize('json', tasks)
+    cache.set(cache_key, tasks_json, timeout=3600)
+    return tasks
+
 def get_cached_tasks_by_status(status):
     cache_key = f"tasks_by_status_{status}"
+    cached_tasks_json = cache.get(cache_key)
 
-    cached_tasks = cache.get(cache_key)
+    if cached_tasks_json is not None:
-
+        deserialized_objects = list(serializers.deserialize('json', cached_tasks_json))
-    if cached_tasks is not None:
+        tasks = [obj.object for obj in deserialized_objects]
-        return cached_tasks
+        return tasks
 
     tasks = Task.objects.filter(status=status)
-    
+    tasks_json = serializers.serialize('json', tasks)
-    cache.set(cache_key, tasks, timeout=3600)
+    cache.set(cache_key, tasks_json, timeout=3600)
-    
     return tasks
+
+def get_cached_task_by_id(task_id):
+    cache_key = f"task_{task_id}"
+    cached_task_json = cache.get(cache_key)
+
+    if cached_task_json is not None:
+        try:
+            return list(serializers.deserialize('json', cached_task_json))[0].object
+        except IndexError:
+            return None
+
+    try:
+        task = Task.objects.get(pk=task_id)
+        task_json = serializers.serialize('json', [task])
+        cache.set(cache_key, task_json, timeout=3600)
+        return task
+    except Task.DoesNotExist:
+        return None

task_app/choices.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from django.db import models
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+
+class TaskCategory(models.TextChoices):
+    TECHNICAL_TASK = 'Technical Task', _('Technical Task')
+    USER_STORY = 'User Story', _('User Story')
+
+class TaskPriority(models.TextChoices):
+    LOW = 'low', _('Low')
+    MEDIUM = 'medium', _('Medium')
+    URGENT = 'urgent', _('Urgent')
+
+class TaskStatus(models.TextChoices):
+    TODO = 'todo', _('Todo')
+    IN_PROGRESS = 'inprogress', _('In Progress')
+    AWAIT_FEEDBACK = 'awaitfeedback', _('Await feedback')
+    DONE = 'done', _('Done')

task_app/models.py

@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@
 import uuid
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from .choices import TaskCategory, TaskPriority, TaskStatus
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.core.cache import cache
+from django.dispatch import receiver
+from django.db.models.signals import post_save, post_delete
 
 User = get_user_model()
 
 def generate_uuid_without_dashes():
-    return str(uuid.uuid4()).replace("-", "")
+    return uuid.uuid4().hex
 
 class Task(models.Model):
-    id = models.CharField(primary_key=True, default=generate_uuid_without_dashes, max_length=32,editable=False, unique=True)
+    id = models.CharField(primary_key=True, default=generate_uuid_without_dashes, max_length=32, editable=False, unique=True)
     title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
     description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
-    category = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=[('Technical Task', 'Technical Task'), ('User Story', 'User Story')])
+    category = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=TaskCategory.choices)
-    priority = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=[('low', 'Low'), ('medium', 'Medium'), ('urgent', 'Urgent')])
+    priority = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=TaskPriority.choices)
-    status = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=[('todo', 'Todo'), ('inprogress', 'In Progress'), ('awaitfeedback', 'Await feedback'), ('done', 'Done')])
+    status = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=TaskStatus.choices)
     date = models.DateField()
-    
     creator = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name="created_tasks", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
 
-
 class SubTask(models.Model):
     task = models.ForeignKey(Task, related_name="subtasks", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
@@ -32,10 +34,30 @@ class SubTask(models.Model):
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{self.task.title} - {self.title}"
 
-
 class AssignedTask(models.Model):
-    task = models.ForeignKey(Task, related_name="assigned_users", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    user_id = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name="assigned_tasks", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    user = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name="assigned_tasks", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    task = models.ForeignKey(Task, related_name="assigned_tasks", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     
     def __str__(self):
-        return f"{self.user.email} assigned to {self.task.title}"
+        return f"{self.user_id} - {self.task}"
+
+# Cache invalidation
+@receiver(post_save, sender=Task)
+@receiver(post_delete, sender=Task)
+def clear_task_cache(sender, instance, **kwargs):
+    """Invalidate cache for the affected task status and individual task"""
+    cache_key = f"tasks_by_status_{instance.status}"
+    cache.delete(cache_key)
+    
+    cache_key_task = f"task_{instance.id}"
+    cache.delete(cache_key_task)
+
+@receiver(post_save, sender=AssignedTask)
+@receiver(post_delete, sender=AssignedTask)
+def clear_assigned_task_cache(sender, instance, **kwargs):
+    """Invalidate cache when a task assignment changes"""
+    cache_key = f"tasks_by_status_{instance.task.status}"
+    cache.delete(cache_key)
+
+    cache_key_task = f"task_{instance.task.id}"
+    cache.delete(cache_key_task)

task_app/serializers.py

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ from .models import Task, SubTask, AssignedTask
 class SubTaskSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = SubTask
-        fields = ['id', 'title', 'done']
+        fields = ['title', 'done']
 
 class AssignedTaskSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = AssignedTask
-        fields = ['id', 'task', 'user']
+        fields = ['id', 'user_id']
 
 class TaskSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     assignees = serializers.SerializerMethodField() 
     subtasks = SubTaskSerializer(many=True, read_only=True) 
 
     def get_assignees(self, obj):
-        return obj.assigned_users.all().values('id', 'user', 'task')  
+        return obj.assigned_tasks.all().values('id', 'user_id')  
 
     class Meta:
         model = Task

task_app/views.py

@@ -4,54 +4,48 @@ from rest_framework import status
 from .models import Task, SubTask, AssignedTask
 from .serializers import TaskSerializer, SubTaskSerializer, AssignedTaskSerializer
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
-from .caching import get_cached_tasks_by_status
+from .caching import get_cached_tasks, get_cached_task_by_id, get_cached_tasks_by_status
 from user_app.caching import get_cached_user
+from django.core.cache import cache
+from .choices import TaskStatus
+
 
 class TaskViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     queryset = Task.objects.all()
     serializer_class = TaskSerializer
 
-    def get_queryset(self):
+    def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        status_param = self.request.query_params.get('status', None)
+        status_param = request.query_params.get('status', None)
-
         if status_param:
             tasks = get_cached_tasks_by_status(status_param)
-            return tasks
+        else:
-        return Task.objects.all()
+            tasks = get_cached_tasks()
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(tasks, many=True)
+        return Response(serializer.data)
 
-    def get(self, request, status=None):
+    def retrieve(self, request, pk=None):
-        tasks = get_cached_tasks_by_status(status)
+        task = get_cached_task_by_id(pk)
-        task_data = []
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(task)
-
+        return Response(serializer.data)
-        for task in tasks:
-            creator = get_cached_user(task['creator_id'])
-            assignees = [get_cached_user(assignee['user_id']) for assignee in task['assigned_users']] 
-
-            task_data.append({
-                'title': task['title'],
-                'description': task['description'],
-                'status': task['status'],
-                'creator': creator.first_name if creator else None,
-                'assignees': [assignee.first_name for assignee in assignees if assignee]
-            })
-        
-        return Response(task_data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
 
     @action(detail=True, methods=['put'])
     def update_status(self, request, pk=None):
         task = self.get_object()
-        status = request.data.get('status')
+        new_status = request.data.get('status')
 
-        if not status:
+        if not new_status:
-            return Response({'status': 'failed', 'message': 'No status provided'}, status=400)
+            return Response({'error': 'Status is required.'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
-        valid_statuses = ['todo', 'inprogress', 'awaitfeedback', 'done']
+        valid_statuses = [choice[0] for choice in TaskStatus.choices]
-        if status not in valid_statuses:
+        if new_status not in valid_statuses:
-            return Response({'status': 'failed', 'message': f'Invalid status: {status}'}, status=400)
+            return Response({'error': f'Invalid status. Valid statuses: {valid_statuses}'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
-        task.status = status
+        cache.delete(f"task_{task.id}")
+        cache.delete(f"tasks_by_status_{task.status}")
+
+        task.status = new_status
         task.save()
-        return Response({'status': 'updated', 'task_id': task.id})
+        return Response({'status': 'Status updated.'})
 
 
 class SubTaskViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):

user_app/caching.py

@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
+import json
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from .models import User
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.core import serializers
 
 def get_cached_user(user_id):
     cache_key = f"user_{user_id}"
+    cached_user_json = cache.get(cache_key)
 
-    cached_user = cache.get(cache_key)
+    if cached_user_json is not None:
-    if cached_user is not None:
+        return json.loads(cached_user_json)
-        return cached_user
 
     try:
         user = User.objects.get(id=user_id)
     except ObjectDoesNotExist:
         return None
 
-    cache.set(cache_key, user, timeout=3600)
+    if user:
-    
+        user_data = serializers.serialize('json', [user])
-    return user
+        cache.set(cache_key, user_data, timeout=3600)
+        return json.loads(user_data)[0]['fields']
+    else:
+        return None

user_app/models.py

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager, PermissionsMixin, Group, Permission
 from django.db import models
+from django.db.models.signals import post_save, post_delete
+from django.dispatch import receiver
+from django.core.cache import cache
 import uuid
 
 def generate_uuid_without_dashes():
-    return str(uuid.uuid4()).replace("-", "")
+    return uuid.uuid4().hex
 
 class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
     def create_user(self, email, first_name, password=None):
@@ -51,3 +54,11 @@ class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.email
+    
+# Cache invalidation
+@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
+@receiver(post_delete, sender=User)
+def clear_user_cache(sender, instance, **kwargs):
+    """Invalidate cache for the affected user"""
+    cache_key = f"user_{instance.id}"
+    cache.delete(cache_key)

user_app/serializers.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from djangorestframework_camel_case.render import CamelCaseJSONRenderer
 class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = User
-        fields = ['id', 'uId', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'phone', 'initials', 'color', 'status', 'last_login']
+        fields = ['id', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'phone', 'initials', 'color', 'status', 'last_login']
         
 class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     serializer_class = UserSerializer