Disk cache for QRZ lookup data #9

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /.venv
 __pycache__
 *.pyc
+/.qrz_callsign_lookup_cache
 /sota_summit_data_cache.sqlite
 /gma_ref_info_cache.sqlite
 /config.yml

core/utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 
+from diskcache import Cache
 from pyhamtools import LookupLib, Callinfo
 from pyhamtools.locator import latlong_to_locator
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ QRZ_AVAILABLE = config["qrz-password"] != ""
 if QRZ_AVAILABLE:
     LOOKUP_LIB_QRZ = LookupLib(lookuptype="qrz", username=config["qrz-username"], pwd=config["qrz-password"])
 # Cache of QRZ.com callsign lookups, so we don't repeatedly call the API for stuff we already know
-QRZ_CALLSIGN_DATA_CACHE = {}
+QRZ_CALLSIGN_DATA_CACHE = Cache('.qrz_callsign_lookup_cache')
 
 # Infer a mode from the comment
 def infer_mode_from_comment(comment):
@@ -81,12 +82,13 @@ def infer_itu_zone_from_callsign(call):
 # Utility method to get QRZ.com data from cache if possible, if not get it from the API and cache it
 def get_qrz_data_for_callsign(call):
     # Fetch from cache if we can, otherwise fetch from the API and cache it
-    if call in QRZ_CALLSIGN_DATA_CACHE:
-        return QRZ_CALLSIGN_DATA_CACHE[call]
+    qrz_data = QRZ_CALLSIGN_DATA_CACHE.get(call)
+    if qrz_data:
+        return qrz_data
     elif QRZ_AVAILABLE:
         try:
             data = LOOKUP_LIB_QRZ.lookup_callsign(callsign=call)
-            QRZ_CALLSIGN_DATA_CACHE[call] = data
+            QRZ_CALLSIGN_DATA_CACHE.add(call, data, expire=604800) # 1 week in seconds
             return data
         except KeyError:
             # QRZ had no info for the call, that's OK

requirements.txt

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ telnetlib3~=2.0.8
 pytz~=2025.2
 requests~=2.32.5
 aprslib~=0.7.2
+diskcache~=5.6.3