mixin.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.utils.cache import patch_response_headers
from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page, never_cache
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt


class NeverCacheMixin(object):
    @method_decorator(never_cache)
    def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return super(NeverCacheMixin, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs)


class LoginRequiredMixin(object):
    @method_decorator(login_required)
    def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return super(LoginRequiredMixin, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs)


class CSRFExemptMixin(object):
    @method_decorator(csrf_exempt)
    def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return super(CSRFExemptMixin, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs)


class CacheMixin(object):
    cache_timeout = 60

    def get_cache_timeout(self):
        return self.cache_timeout

    def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return cache_page(self.get_cache_timeout())(super(CacheMixin, self).dispatch)(*args, **kwargs)


class CacheControlMixin(object):
    cache_timeout = 60

    def get_cache_timeout(self):
        return self.cache_timeout

    def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
        response = super(CacheControlMixin, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs)
        patch_response_headers(response, self.get_cache_timeout())
        return response


class JitterCacheMixin(CacheControlMixin):
    cache_range = [40, 80]

    def get_cache_range(self):
        return self.cache_range

    def get_cache_timeout(self):
        return random.randint(*self.get_cache_range())

views.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView


class ArticleView(CacheMixin, DetailView):
    cache_timeout = 90
    template_name = "article_detail.html"
    queryset = Article.objects.articles()
    context_object_name = "article"

What's the difference between CacheMixin and CacheControlMixin?, how could I clear the generated cache?. For example, would be nice to clear the cache when you're updating the article. Thank you in advance.