This package contains cache functionality for the gateway and REST API, enabling replacement of the standard services with caching counterparts. These services attempt to retrieve entities from a cache provider whenever possible instead of performing a remote call to Discord's REST API, saving bandwidth and increasing performance.
A set of responders are also registered, enabling near real-time cache updates as new events come in.
The library defines a set of replacement services for the API services from Remora.Discord.Rest, which override the base implementation in order to perform cache operations before and after normal calls.
In addition, two responders - one in the early group, and one in the late - are also defined, which handle eviction and insertion of incoming objects.
Usage is simple, but with one caveat - caching must be enabled after the REST and gateway services have been added to the dependency injection container, as this library replaces services from them.
After that, it's as simple as calling the following method. By default, the caching system uses an in-memory cache provider.
services.AddDiscordCaching();