Cache page templates

yamdl_playground/core/models.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from django.db import models
 import markdown
+from django.template import Template
+from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 
 class Tag(models.Model):
     __yamdl__ = True
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ class Tag(models.Model):
 class Page(models.Model):
     __yamdl__ = True
 
+    _template_cache = {}
+
     title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
 
     raw_content = models.TextField()
@@ -34,3 +38,9 @@ class Page(models.Model):
             instance.tags.set(tags)
 
         return instance
+
+    @cached_property
+    def content_template(self):
+        if (cached_template := self._template_cache.get(self.slug)) is None:
+            cached_template = self._template_cache[self.slug] = Template(self.content, name=self.slug)
+        return cached_template

yamdl_playground/core/views.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from .models import Page
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.db import connections
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
-from django.template import Template, Context
+from django.template import Context
 
 def search(request):
     with connections["default"].cursor() as cursor:
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ def search(request):
 def content(request, slug):
     page = get_object_or_404(Page, slug=slug)
 
-    template = Template(page.content)
-
     return render(request, "content.html", {
         "page": page,
-        "content": template.render(Context({"request": request, "page": page}))
+        "content": page.content_template.render(Context({"request": request, "page": page}))
     })