cached_everything.py

from tastypie.resources import ModelResource
from yourapp.api.cache import CustomCache
from yourapp.models import YourModel


class SampleResource(ModelResource):
    class Meta:
        queryset = YourModel.objects.all()
        resource_name = 'sample'
    
    def generate_cache_key(self, request_type, request, **kwargs):
        # You need the GET kwargs here to make the key unique.
        return "%s-%s" % (request_type, request.path)
    
    def dispatch(self, request_type, request, **kwargs):
        cache_key = self.generate_cache_key(request_type, request, **kwargs)
        cached = cache.get(cache_key)
        
        if cached:
            # Probably need to handle what type of response/HTTP status code
            # it was.
            return HttpResponse(cached)
        
        response = super(SampleResource, self).dispatch(request_type, request, **kwargs)
        cache.set(cache_key, response.content)
        return response