Hishel

Elegant HTTP Caching for Python

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Hishel (հիշել, to remember in Armenian) is a modern HTTP caching library for Python that implements RFC 9111 specifications. It provides seamless caching integration for popular HTTP clients with minimal code changes.

✨ Features

• 🎯 RFC 9111 Compliant - Fully compliant with the latest HTTP caching specification
• 🔌 Easy Integration - Drop-in support for HTTPX, HTTPX2, Requests, ASGI, FastAPI, and BlackSheep
• 💾 Flexible Storage - SQLite backend with more coming soon
• ⚡ High Performance - Efficient caching with minimal overhead
• 🔄 Async & Sync - Full support for both synchronous and asynchronous workflows
• 🎨 Type Safe - Fully typed with comprehensive type hints
• 🧪 Well Tested - Extensive test coverage and battle-tested
• 🎛️ Configurable - Fine-grained control over caching behavior with flexible policies
• 💨 Memory Efficient - Streaming support prevents loading large payloads into memory
• 🌐 Universal - Works with any ASGI application (Starlette, Litestar, BlackSheep, etc.)
• 🎯 GraphQL Support - Cache GraphQL queries with body-sensitive content caching

Documentation is available at: https://hishel.com