Django snippets

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.cache import cache
from django.utils.encoding import iri_to_uri

def delete_url_cache(url):
    """ simple method to delete the cache for a particular URL """
    key_prefix = settings.CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX
    cache_key = 'views.decorators.cache.cache_header.%s.%s' % (key_prefix,
                                                               iri_to_uri(url))
    cache.delete(cache_key)