Refs #31949 -- Made @never_cache and @cache_control() decorators to work with async functions.

Thanks Carlton Gibson and Mariusz Felisiak for reviews.

django/views/decorators/cache.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
+from asgiref.sync import iscoroutinefunction
+
 from django.middleware.cache import CacheMiddleware
 from django.utils.cache import add_never_cache_headers, patch_cache_control
 from django.utils.decorators import decorator_from_middleware_with_args
@@ -26,22 +28,34 @@ def cache_page(timeout, *, cache=None, key_prefix=None):
     )
 
 
+def _check_request(request, decorator_name):
+    # Ensure argument looks like a request.
+    if not hasattr(request, "META"):
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"{decorator_name} didn't receive an HttpRequest. If you are "
+            "decorating a classmethod, be sure to use @method_decorator."
+        )
+
+
 def cache_control(**kwargs):
     def _cache_controller(viewfunc):
-        @wraps(viewfunc)
-        def _cache_controlled(request, *args, **kw):
-            # Ensure argument looks like a request.
-            if not hasattr(request, "META"):
-                raise TypeError(
-                    "cache_control didn't receive an HttpRequest. If you are "
-                    "decorating a classmethod, be sure to use "
-                    "@method_decorator."
-                )
-            response = viewfunc(request, *args, **kw)
-            patch_cache_control(response, **kwargs)
-            return response
+        if iscoroutinefunction(viewfunc):
 
-        return _cache_controlled
+            async def _view_wrapper(request, *args, **kw):
+                _check_request(request, "cache_control")
+                response = await viewfunc(request, *args, **kw)
+                patch_cache_control(response, **kwargs)
+                return response
+
+        else:
+
+            def _view_wrapper(request, *args, **kw):
+                _check_request(request, "cache_control")
+                response = viewfunc(request, *args, **kw)
+                patch_cache_control(response, **kwargs)
+                return response
+
+        return wraps(viewfunc)(_view_wrapper)
 
     return _cache_controller
 
@@ -51,16 +65,20 @@ def never_cache(view_func):
     Decorator that adds headers to a response so that it will never be cached.
     """
 
-    @wraps(view_func)
-    def _wrapper_view_func(request, *args, **kwargs):
-        # Ensure argument looks like a request.
-        if not hasattr(request, "META"):
-            raise TypeError(
-                "never_cache didn't receive an HttpRequest. If you are "
-                "decorating a classmethod, be sure to use @method_decorator."
-            )
-        response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
-        add_never_cache_headers(response)
-        return response
+    if iscoroutinefunction(view_func):
 
-    return _wrapper_view_func
+        async def _view_wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
+            _check_request(request, "never_cache")
+            response = await view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            add_never_cache_headers(response)
+            return response
+
+    else:
+
+        def _view_wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
+            _check_request(request, "never_cache")
+            response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            add_never_cache_headers(response)
+            return response
+
+    return wraps(view_func)(_view_wrapper)

docs/releases/5.0.txt

@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ CSRF
 Decorators
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* The :func:`~django.views.decorators.cache.cache_control` and
+  :func:`~django.views.decorators.cache.never_cache` decorators now support
+  wrapping asynchronous view functions.
 
 Email
 ~~~~~

docs/topics/async.txt

@@ -73,6 +73,31 @@ from an async view, you will trigger Django's
 :ref:`asynchronous safety protection <async-safety>` to protect your data from
 corruption.
 
+Decorators
+----------
+
+.. versionadded:: 5.0
+
+The following decorators can be used with both synchronous and asynchronous
+view functions:
+
+* :func:`~django.views.decorators.cache.cache_control`
+* :func:`~django.views.decorators.cache.never_cache`
+
+For example::
+
+    from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
+
+
+    @never_cache
+    def my_sync_view(request):
+        ...
+
+
+    @never_cache
+    async def my_async_view(request):
+        ...
+
 Queries & the ORM
 -----------------
 

docs/topics/http/decorators.txt

@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ client-side caching.
     :func:`~django.utils.cache.patch_cache_control` for the details of the
     transformation.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 5.0
+
+        Support for wrapping asynchronous view functions was added.
+
 .. function:: never_cache(view_func)
 
     This decorator adds an ``Expires`` header to the current date/time.
@@ -127,6 +131,10 @@ client-side caching.
 
     Each header is only added if it isn't already set.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 5.0
+
+        Support for wrapping asynchronous view functions was added.
+
 .. module:: django.views.decorators.common
 
 Common

tests/decorators/test_cache.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
+from asgiref.sync import iscoroutinefunction
+
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
@@ -16,6 +18,20 @@ class HttpRequestProxy:
 
 
 class CacheControlDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_wrapped_sync_function_is_not_coroutine_function(self):
+        def sync_view(request):
+            return HttpResponse()
+
+        wrapped_view = cache_control()(sync_view)
+        self.assertIs(iscoroutinefunction(wrapped_view), False)
+
+    def test_wrapped_async_function_is_coroutine_function(self):
+        async def async_view(request):
+            return HttpResponse()
+
+        wrapped_view = cache_control()(async_view)
+        self.assertIs(iscoroutinefunction(wrapped_view), True)
+
     def test_cache_control_decorator_http_request(self):
         class MyClass:
             @cache_control(a="b")
@@ -32,6 +48,22 @@ class CacheControlDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msg):
             MyClass().a_view(HttpRequestProxy(request))
 
+    async def test_cache_control_decorator_http_request_async_view(self):
+        class MyClass:
+            @cache_control(a="b")
+            async def async_view(self, request):
+                return HttpResponse()
+
+        msg = (
+            "cache_control didn't receive an HttpRequest. If you are decorating a "
+            "classmethod, be sure to use @method_decorator."
+        )
+        request = HttpRequest()
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msg):
+            await MyClass().async_view(request)
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msg):
+            await MyClass().async_view(HttpRequestProxy(request))
+
     def test_cache_control_decorator_http_request_proxy(self):
         class MyClass:
             @method_decorator(cache_control(a="b"))
@@ -50,6 +82,14 @@ class CacheControlDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
         response = a_view(HttpRequest())
         self.assertEqual(response.get("Cache-Control"), "")
 
+    async def test_cache_control_empty_decorator_async_view(self):
+        @cache_control()
+        async def async_view(request):
+            return HttpResponse()
+
+        response = await async_view(HttpRequest())
+        self.assertEqual(response.get("Cache-Control"), "")
+
     def test_cache_control_full_decorator(self):
         @cache_control(max_age=123, private=True, public=True, custom=456)
         def a_view(request):
@@ -61,6 +101,17 @@ class CacheControlDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
             set(cache_control_items), {"max-age=123", "private", "public", "custom=456"}
         )
 
+    async def test_cache_control_full_decorator_async_view(self):
+        @cache_control(max_age=123, private=True, public=True, custom=456)
+        async def async_view(request):
+            return HttpResponse()
+
+        response = await async_view(HttpRequest())
+        cache_control_items = response.get("Cache-Control").split(", ")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(cache_control_items), {"max-age=123", "private", "public", "custom=456"}
+        )
+
 
 class CachePageDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_cache_page(self):
@@ -74,6 +125,20 @@ class CachePageDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
 
 
 class NeverCacheDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_wrapped_sync_function_is_not_coroutine_function(self):
+        def sync_view(request):
+            return HttpResponse()
+
+        wrapped_view = never_cache(sync_view)
+        self.assertIs(iscoroutinefunction(wrapped_view), False)
+
+    def test_wrapped_async_function_is_coroutine_function(self):
+        async def async_view(request):
+            return HttpResponse()
+
+        wrapped_view = never_cache(async_view)
+        self.assertIs(iscoroutinefunction(wrapped_view), True)
+
     @mock.patch("time.time")
     def test_never_cache_decorator_headers(self, mocked_time):
         @never_cache
@@ -91,6 +156,20 @@ class NeverCacheDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
             "max-age=0, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, private",
         )
 
+    @mock.patch("time.time")
+    async def test_never_cache_decorator_headers_async_view(self, mocked_time):
+        @never_cache
+        async def async_view(request):
+            return HttpResponse()
+
+        mocked_time.return_value = 1167616461.0
+        response = await async_view(HttpRequest())
+        self.assertEqual(response.headers["Expires"], "Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:54:21 GMT")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.headers["Cache-Control"],
+            "max-age=0, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, private",
+        )
+
     def test_never_cache_decorator_expires_not_overridden(self):
         @never_cache
         def a_view(request):
@@ -99,6 +178,14 @@ class NeverCacheDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
         response = a_view(HttpRequest())
         self.assertEqual(response.headers["Expires"], "tomorrow")
 
+    async def test_never_cache_decorator_expires_not_overridden_async_view(self):
+        @never_cache
+        async def async_view(request):
+            return HttpResponse(headers={"Expires": "tomorrow"})
+
+        response = await async_view(HttpRequest())
+        self.assertEqual(response.headers["Expires"], "tomorrow")
+
     def test_never_cache_decorator_http_request(self):
         class MyClass:
             @never_cache
@@ -115,6 +202,22 @@ class NeverCacheDecoratorTest(SimpleTestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msg):
             MyClass().a_view(HttpRequestProxy(request))
 
+    async def test_never_cache_decorator_http_request_async_view(self):
+        class MyClass:
+            @never_cache
+            async def async_view(self, request):
+                return HttpResponse()
+
+        request = HttpRequest()
+        msg = (
+            "never_cache didn't receive an HttpRequest. If you are decorating "
+            "a classmethod, be sure to use @method_decorator."
+        )
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msg):
+            await MyClass().async_view(request)
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msg):
+            await MyClass().async_view(HttpRequestProxy(request))
+
     def test_never_cache_decorator_http_request_proxy(self):
         class MyClass:
             @method_decorator(never_cache)