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Cache Data Retrieved from the Weather API for Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11

We can enhance our site's performance by using Drupal's cache backend service to cache and reuse results from an external API request. We can cache the results of weather forecast API queries within a custom service. This will give us an opportunity to practice implementing Drupal's caching capabilities and optimize the performance of our module.

In this tutorial, we'll:

  • Inject the cache backend service into our forecast API service class.
  • Implement caching to store and reuse weather forecast API results locally.

By the end of this tutorial, you'll understand how to use Drupal's cache backend service for data caching.

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