How can I use Redis for caching in my Flask application?

How can I use Redis for caching in my Flask application?

You can use the Flask-Caching extension with Redis as a backend. First, install Flask-Caching and Redis.

What are the steps to install Flask-Caching and Redis?

You can install Flask-Caching using pip: pip install Flask-Caching. For Redis, you can use pip install redis.

How do I configure Flask-Caching to use Redis?

You can configure it by initializing the Cache object with Redis settings like this: cache = Cache(config={'CACHE_TYPE': 'redis'}).

Can you give me an example of caching a function result?

Sure! You can use the @cache.cached decorator on your function to cache its result. For example:

@cache.cached(timeout=50)
def get_data():
    return expensive_function()