from django.core.cache import cache from django.utils.translation import get_language from django_countries import Countries from django_countries.fields import CountryField class CachedCountries(Countries): _cached_lists = {} def __iter__(self): """ Iterate through countries, sorted by name, but cache the results based on the locale. django-countries performs a unicode-aware sorting based on pyuca which is incredibly slow. """ cache_key = "countries:all:{}".format(get_language()) if cache_key in self._cached_lists: yield from self._cached_lists[cache_key] return val = cache.get(cache_key) if val: self._cached_lists[cache_key] = val yield from val return val = list(super().__iter__()) self._cached_lists[cache_key] = val cache.set(cache_key, val, 3600 * 24 * 30) yield from val class FastCountryField(CountryField): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): kwargs.setdefault("countries", CachedCountries) super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) def check(self, **kwargs): # Disable _check_choices since it would require sorting all country names at every import of this field, # which takes 1-2 seconds return [ *self._check_field_name(), # *self._check_choices(), *self._check_db_index(), *self._check_null_allowed_for_primary_keys(), *self._check_backend_specific_checks(**kwargs), *self._check_validators(), *self._check_deprecation_details(), *self._check_multiple(), *self._check_max_length_attribute(**kwargs), ]