Django ClearCache 🤠🧹💰

Allows you to clear Django cache via admin UI or manage.py command.

Installation

1. Install using PIP:

   pip install django-clearcache
   

2. Add clearcache to INSTALLED_APPS, make sure it's above django.contrib.admin:

   INSTALLED_APPS += [
       ...
       'clearcache',
       'django.contrib.admin',
       ...
   ]
   

3. Add url to the main urls.py right above root admin url:

   ```
   urlpatterns = [
       path('admin/clearcache/', include('clearcache.urls')),
       path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
   ]
   ```
   

4. Apply migrations:

   manage.py migrate [--database=<your_database>] [--settings=<your_settings>]
   

Usage

Via Django admin

Clearcache can be used by any user with permission clearcache.use_clearcache, and obviously be any superuser (superusers have all permissions).

1. Go to /admin/clearcache/. If you are authorized, you should see a form with cache selector.
2. Pick a cache. Usually there's one default cache, but can be more.
3. Click the button, you're done!

Any user with access to the Admin interface (i.e. any user with is_staff privilege) will see a Clearcache section on the Admin homepage, if he is authorized, and can access Clearcache from there.

Via manage.py command

1. Run the following command to clear the default cache

   python manage.py clearcache
   

2. Run the command above with an additional parameter to clear non-default cache (if exists):

   python manage.py clearcache cache_name
   

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