diff --git a/cache_mixins.py b/cache_mixins.py
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+++ b/cache_mixins.py
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+from libraries.utils import sorted_params_string
+
+# TODO classes below that involve create, update, destroy don't delete the caches properly, they need a regex cache delete
+# TODO put more reasonable asserts and feedback
+
+# Mixin classes that provide cache functionalities
+class CacheUniqueUrl:
+    def get_cache_unique_url(self, request):
+        """ Create the query to be cached in a unique way to avoid duplicates. """
+        if not hasattr(self, 'filters_string'):
+            # Only assign the attribute if it's not already assigned
+            filters = {}
+            if self.extra_filters_dict:
+                filters.update(self.extra_filters_dict)
+                # Check if the url parameters have any of the keys of the extra filters and if so assign them
+                for key in self.extra_filters_dict:
+                    if key in self.request.query_params.keys():
+                        filters[key] = self.request.query_params[key].replace(' ','').split(',')
+                    # Check if they're resolved in the urlconf as well
+                    if key in self.kwargs.keys():
+                        filters[key] = [self.kwargs[key]]
+                    
+            if hasattr(self, 'paged'):
+                if self.paged:
+                    filters.update({'limit': [self.default_page_size], 'offset': [0]})
+                    if 'limit' in self.request.query_params.keys():
+                        filters.update({'limit': [self.request.query_params['limit']]})
+                    if 'offset' in self.request.query_params.keys():
+                        filters.update({'offset': [self.request.query_params['offset']]})
+            for backend in list(self.filter_backends):
+                filters.update(backend().get_filters_dict(request, self))
+            self.filters_string = sorted_params_string(filters)
+            
+
+class CacheGetMixin(CacheUniqueUrl):
+    cache_prefix = None
+    cache_vary_on_user = False
+    cache_timeout_mins = None
+    default_page_size = 20
+    extra_filters_dict = None
+    
+    def get_cache(self, request):
+        assert self.cache_prefix is not None, (
+            "'%s' should include a `cache_prefix` attribute"
+            % self.__class__.__name__
+        )
+        
+        self.get_cache_unique_url(request)
+        
+        # Attempt to get the response from the cache for the whole request
+        try:
+            if self.cache_vary_on_user:
+                cache_attempt = self.cache.get(f"{self.cache_prefix}.{request.user}.{self.filters_string}")
+            else:
+                cache_attempt = self.cache.get(f"{self.cache_prefix}.{self.filters_string}")
+        except:
+            self.logger.info(f"Cache get attempt for {self.__class__.__name__} failed.")
+            cache_attempt = None
+            
+        if cache_attempt:
+            return cache_attempt
+        else:
+            return None
+        
+
+class CacheSetMixin(CacheUniqueUrl):
+    cache_prefix = None
+    cache_vary_on_user = False
+    cache_timeout_mins = None
+    default_page_size = 20
+    extra_filters_dict = None
+    
+    def set_cache(self, request, response):
+        self.get_cache_unique_url(request)
+        
+        # Create a function that programmatically defines the caching function
+        def make_caching_function(cls, request, cache):
+            def caching_function(response):
+                # Writes the response to the cache
+                try:
+                    if cls.cache_vary_on_user:
+                        cls.cache.set(key=f"{cls.cache_prefix}.{request.user}.{self.filters_string}",
+                                value = response.data,
+                                timeout=60*cls.cache_timeout_mins)
+                    else:
+                        cls.cache.set(key=f"{cls.cache_prefix}.{self.filters_string}",
+                                value = response.data,
+                                timeout=60*cls.cache_timeout_mins)
+                except:
+                    cls.logger.exception(f"Cache set attempt for {cls.__class__.__name__} failed.")
+            return caching_function
+        
+        # Register the post rendering hook to the response
+        caching_function = make_caching_function(self, request, self.cache)
+        response.add_post_render_callback(caching_function)
+        
+
+class CacheDeleteMixin(CacheUniqueUrl):
+    cache_delete = True
+    cache_prefix = None
+    cache_vary_on_user = False
+    cache_timeout_mins = None
+    extra_filters_dict = None
+    
+    def delete_cache(self, request):
+        # Handle the caching
+        if self.cache_delete:
+            # Create the query to be cached in a unique way to avoid duplicates
+            self.get_cache_unique_url(request)
+            
+            assert self.cache_prefix is not None, (
+                f"{self.__class__.__name__} should include a `cache_prefix` attribute"
+            )
+            
+            # Delete the cache since a new entry has been created
+            try:
+                if self.cache_vary_on_user:
+                    self.cache.delete(f"{self.cache_prefix}.{request.user}.{self.filters_string}")
+                else:
+                    self.cache.delete(f"{self.cache_prefix}.{self.filters_string}")
+            except:
+                self.logger.exception(f"Cache delete attempt for {cls.__class__.__name__} failed.")
diff --git a/filters.py b/filters.py
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+++ b/filters.py
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+from django_filters import rest_framework as filters
+from django.contrib.postgres.search import TrigramSimilarity
+from django.db.models.functions import Concat
+from django.db.models import CharField
+from shop.models.product import Product, Facet
+from rest_framework.filters import BaseFilterBackend
+import operator
+from django.template import loader
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django.db.models import Max, Min, Count, Q
+from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+from django.db.models.constants import LOOKUP_SEP
+from django.db import models
+from functools import reduce
+
+# TODO the dev pages are not done
+
+# Filters
+class LessThanOrEqualFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    def get_less_than_field(self, view, request):
+        return getattr(view, 'less_than_field', None)
+    
+    def get_filters_dict(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Custom method that returns the filters exclusive to this filter in a dict. For caching purposes.
+        """
+        less_than_field = self.get_less_than_field(view, request)
+        
+        assert less_than_field is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `less_than_field` attribute"
+        )
+        
+        filters_dict = {}
+        if less_than_field+'_max' in request.query_params.keys():
+            field_value = request.query_params.get(less_than_field+'_max')
+            filters_dict[less_than_field+'_max'] = [field_value]
+        else:
+            filters_dict[less_than_field+'_max'] = []
+        return filters_dict
+            
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        # Return the correctly filtered queryset but also assign the filter dict to create the unique url for the cache
+        less_than_field = self.get_less_than_field(view, request)
+        if less_than_field+'_max' in request.query_params.keys():
+            kwquery = {}
+            field_value = request.query_params.get(less_than_field+'_max')
+            kwquery[less_than_field+'__lte'] = field_value
+            return queryset.filter(**kwquery)
+        else:
+            return queryset
+
+
+class MoreThanOrEqualFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    def get_more_than_field(self, view, request):
+        return getattr(view, 'more_than_field', None)
+    
+    def get_filters_dict(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Custom method that returns the filters exclusive to this filter in a dict. For caching purposes.
+        """
+        more_than_field = self.get_more_than_field(view, request)
+        
+        assert more_than_field is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `more_than_field` attribute"
+        )
+        
+        filters_dict = {}
+        if more_than_field+'_min' in request.query_params.keys():
+            field_value = request.query_params.get(more_than_field+'_min')
+            filters_dict[more_than_field+'_min'] = [field_value]
+        else:
+            filters_dict[more_than_field+'_min'] = []
+        return filters_dict
+    
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        """
+        Return the correctly filtered queryset
+        """
+        more_than_field = self.get_more_than_field(view, request)
+        if more_than_field+'_min' in request.query_params.keys():
+            kwquery = {}
+            kwquery[more_than_field+'__gte'] = request.query_params.get(more_than_field+'_min')
+            return queryset.filter(**kwquery)
+        else:
+            return queryset
+
+
+class CategoryFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    """
+    This filter assigns the view.category object for later use, in particular for filters that depend on this one.
+    """
+    template = './filters/categories.html'
+    category_field = 'category'
+    
+    def get_category_class(self, view, request):
+        return getattr(view, 'category_class', None)
+    
+    def assign_view_category(self, request, view):
+        if not hasattr(view, self.category_field):
+            if self.category_field in request.query_params.keys():
+                try:
+                    category_slug = request.query_params.get(self.category_field).strip()
+                    category = view.category_class.objects.get(slug=category_slug)
+                    # Append the category object in the view for later reference
+                    view.category = category
+                except:
+                    view.category = None
+            else:
+                view.category = None
+        
+    
+    def get_filters_dict(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Custom method that returns the filters exclusive to this filter in a dict. For caching purposes. Queries the database for the current category and saves it in view.category for internal use and later filters.
+        """
+        if hasattr(view, 'category_field'):
+            self.category_field = self.get_category_field(view, request)
+        
+        category_class = self.get_category_class(view, request)
+        
+        assert category_class is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `category_class` attribute"
+        )
+        
+        # Create the filters dictionary and find the present category instance
+        self.assign_view_category(request, view)
+        
+        filters_dict = {}
+        if view.category:
+            filters_dict[self.category_field] = [view.category.slug]
+        else:
+            filters_dict[self.category_field] = []
+            
+        return filters_dict
+    
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        self.assign_view_category(request, view)
+        
+        # Create the queryset
+        if view.category:
+            kwquery_1 = {}
+            kwquery_1[self.category_field+'__id'] = view.category.id
+            if view.category.tn_descendants_pks:
+                kwquery_2 = {}
+                kwquery_2[self.category_field+'__id__in'] = view.category.tn_descendants_pks.split(',')
+                
+                queryset = queryset.filter(Q(**kwquery_1) | Q(**kwquery_2))
+            else:
+                queryset = queryset.filter(**kwquery_1)
+                
+        return queryset
+    
+    # Developer Interface methods
+    def get_valid_fields(self, queryset, view, context, request):
+        # A query is executed here to get the possible categories
+        category_class = self.get_category_class(view, request)
+        if hasattr(view, 'category_field'):
+            self.category_field = self.get_category_field(view, request)
+            
+        assert category_class is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `category_class` attribute"
+        )
+        
+        valid_fields = category_class.objects.all()
+        
+        if len(valid_fields):
+            valid_fields = [
+                (item.slug, item.__str__()) for item in valid_fields
+            ]
+
+            return valid_fields
+        else:
+            return []
+    
+    def get_current(self, request, queryset, view):
+        params = request.query_params.get(self.category_field)
+        if params:
+            fields = [param.strip() for param in params.split(',')]
+            return fields[0]
+        else:
+            return None
+    
+    def get_template_context(self, request, queryset, view):
+        current = self.get_current(request, queryset, view)
+        options = []
+        context = {
+            'request': request,
+            'current': current,
+            'param': self.category_field,
+        }
+        for key, label in self.get_valid_fields(queryset, view, context, request):
+            options.append((key, '%s' % (label)))
+        context['options'] = options
+        return context
+    
+    def to_html(self, request, queryset, view):
+        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
+        context = self.get_template_context(request, queryset, view)
+        return template.render(context)
+
+
+class FacetFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    """
+    This filter requires CategoryFilter to be ran before it. It assigns the view.facets which includes all the facets applicable to the current category.
+    """
+    template = './filters/facets.html'
+    
+    def get_facet_class(self, view, request):
+        return getattr(view, 'facet_class', None)
+    
+    def get_facet_tag_class(self, view, request):
+        return getattr(view, 'facet_tag_class', None)
+    
+    def get_facet_tag_field(self, view, request):
+        return getattr(view, 'facet_tag_field', None)
+    
+    def assign_view_facets(self, request, view):
+        if not hasattr(view, 'facets'):
+            if view.category:
+                kwquery_1 = {}
+                kwquery_1['category__id'] = view.category.id
+                if view.category.tn_descendants_pks:
+                    kwquery_2 = {}
+                    kwquery_2['category__id__in'] = view.category.tn_descendants_pks.split(',')
+                    view.facets = Facet.objects.filter(Q(**kwquery_1) | Q(**kwquery_2))
+                else:
+                    view.facets = Facet.objects.filter(**kwquery_1)
+            else:
+                view.facets = {}
+    
+    def get_filters_dict(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Custom method that returns the filters exclusive to this filter in a dict. For caching purposes.
+        """
+        if hasattr(view, 'facet_class'):
+            self.facet_class = self.get_facet_class(view, request)
+            
+        assert self.facet_class is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `facet_class` attribute"
+        )
+            
+        self.assign_view_facets(request, view)
+        
+        filters_dict = {}
+        if view.facets:
+            for facet in view.facets:
+                if facet.slug in request.query_params.keys():
+                    filters_dict[facet.slug] = set(request.query_params[facet.slug].split(','))
+                else:
+                    filters_dict[facet.slug] = []
+                    
+        # Append the facets object and the tags dict in the view for later reference
+        view.tags = filters_dict
+        
+        return filters_dict
+    
+    
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        if hasattr(view, 'facet_tag_class'):
+            self.facet_tag_class = self.get_facet_tag_class(view, request)
+            
+        assert self.facet_tag_class is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `facet_tag_class` attribute"
+        )
+        
+        if hasattr(view, 'facet_tag_field'):
+            self.facet_tag_field = self.get_facet_tag_field(view, request)
+            
+        assert self.facet_tag_field is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `facet_tag_field` attribute"
+        )
+            
+        self.assign_view_facets(request, view)
+            
+        if view.facets:
+            for facet in view.facets:
+                if facet.slug in request.query_params.keys() and request.query_params[facet.slug]:
+                    tag_filterlist = request.query_params.get(facet.slug)
+                    kwquery = {}
+                    kwquery[self.facet_tag_field+'__slug__in'] = tag_filterlist.replace(' ','').split(',')
+                    queryset = queryset.filter(**kwquery)
+            
+        return queryset
+    
+    
+    # Developer Interface methods
+    def get_template_context(self, request, queryset, view):
+        # Does aggressive database querying to get the necessary facets and facettags, but this is only for the developer interface so its fine
+        if hasattr(view, 'facet_class'):
+            self.facet_class = self.get_facet_class(view, request)
+            
+        assert self.facet_class is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `facet_class` attribute"
+        )
+        
+        if hasattr(view, 'facet_tag_class'):
+            self.facet_tag_class = self.get_facet_tag_class(view, request)
+            
+        assert self.facet_tag_class is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `facet_tag_class` attribute"
+        )
+        
+        # Find the current choices
+        current = []
+        facet_slugs = []
+        if view.facets:
+            for facet in view.facets:
+                facet_slugs.append(facet.slug)
+                if facet.slug in request.query_params.keys():
+                    current.append(request.query_params.get(facet.slug))
+            
+        facet_slug_names = {}
+        options = {}
+        context = {
+            'request': request,
+            'current': current,
+            'facet_slugs': facet_slugs,
+        }
+        if view.facets:
+            for facet in view.facets:
+                facet_tag_instances = self.facet_tag_class.objects.filter(facet__slug=facet.slug)
+                options[facet.slug] = [(facet_tag.slug, facet_tag.name) for facet_tag in facet_tag_instances]
+                facet_slug_names[facet.slug] = facet.name
+            context['facet_slug_names'] = facet_slug_names
+            context['options'] = options
+        else:
+            context['facet_slug_names'] = {}
+            context['options'] = {}
+        
+        return context
+    
+    def to_html(self, request, queryset, view):
+        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
+        context = self.get_template_context(request, queryset, view)
+        return template.render(context)
+
+
+class TrigramSearchFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    # The URL query parameter used for the search.
+    search_param = 'search'
+    template = 'rest_framework/filters/search.html'
+    search_title = _('Search')
+    search_description = _('A search string to perform trigram similarity based searching with.')
+    def get_filters_dict(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Custom method that returns the filters exclusive to this filter in a dict. For caching purposes.
+        """
+        self.filters_dict = {}
+        if 'search' in request.query_params.keys():
+            slug_term = request.query_params.get('search')
+            self.filters_dict['search'] = [slug_term]
+        else:
+            self.filters_dict['search'] = []
+            
+        return self.filters_dict
+
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        search_fields = getattr(view, 'search_fields', None)
+        
+        assert search_fields is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `search_fields` attribute"
+        )
+        
+        query = request.query_params.get(self.search_param, '')
+        
+        if query:
+            queryset = queryset.annotate(
+                            search_field=Concat(
+                                *search_fields,
+                                output_field=CharField()
+                                )).annotate(
+                        similarity=TrigramSimilarity('search_field', query)
+                    ).filter(similarity__gt=0.05).distinct()
+            
+        return queryset
+
+    def to_html(self, request, queryset, view):
+        if not getattr(view, 'search_fields', None):
+            return ''
+
+        term = request.query_params.get(self.search_param, '')
+        term = term[0] if term else ''
+        context = {
+            'param': self.search_param,
+            'term': term
+        }
+        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
+        return template.render(context)
+
+    def get_schema_fields(self, view):
+        assert coreapi is not None, 'coreapi must be installed to use `get_schema_fields()`'
+        assert coreschema is not None, 'coreschema must be installed to use `get_schema_fields()`'
+        return [
+            coreapi.Field(
+                name=self.search_param,
+                required=False,
+                location='query',
+                schema=coreschema.String(
+                    title=force_str(self.search_title),
+                    description=force_str(self.search_description)
+                )
+            )
+        ]
+
+    def get_schema_operation_parameters(self, view):
+        return [
+            {
+                'name': self.search_param,
+                'required': False,
+                'in': 'query',
+                'description': force_str(self.search_description),
+                'schema': {
+                    'type': 'string',
+                },
+            },
+        ]
+
+
+# TODO
+#class FieldFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+
+
+# TODO misunderstood the urlconf stuff of the RUD methods, this is probably unnecessary
+class SlugSearchFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    # The URL query parameter used for the search.
+    template = './filters/slug.html'
+    slug_title = _('Slug Search')
+    slug_description = _("The instance's slug.")
+    slug_field = 'slug'
+
+    def get_slug_field(self, view, request):
+        return getattr(view, 'slug_field', None)
+    
+    def get_filters_dict(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Custom method that returns the filters exclusive to this filter in a dict. For caching purposes.
+        """
+        if hasattr(view, 'slug_field'):
+            self.slug_field = self.get_slug_field(view, request)
+            
+        assert self.slug_field is not None, (
+            f"{view.__class__.__name__} should include a `slug_field` attribute"
+        )
+        self.filters_dict = {}
+        if self.slug_field in request.query_params.keys():
+            slug_term = request.query_params.get(self.slug_field)
+            self.filters_dict[self.slug_field] = [slug_term]
+        else:
+            self.filters_dict[self.slug_field] = []
+            
+        return self.filters_dict
+    
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        # Ensure that the slug field was searched against
+        try:
+            if self.slug_field in request.query_params.keys():
+                slug_term = request.query_params.get(self.slug_field)
+                query = {}
+                query[self.slug_field] = slug_term
+                
+                queryset = queryset.get(**query)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+        
+        return queryset
+        
+
+    def to_html(self, request, queryset, view):
+        if not getattr(view, 'slug_field', None):
+            return ''
+        
+        slug_term = self.get_slug_term(request)
+        context = {
+            'param': self.slug_field,
+            'term': slug_term
+        }
+        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
+        return template.render(context)
+
+
+class SearchFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    # The URL query parameter used for the search.
+    search_param = api_settings.SEARCH_PARAM
+    template = 'rest_framework/filters/search.html'
+    lookup_prefixes = {
+        '^': 'istartswith',
+        '=': 'iexact',
+        '@': 'search',
+        '$': 'iregex',
+    }
+    search_title = _('Search')
+    search_description = _('A search term.')
+    # TODO to be removed
+    def get_search_terms(self, request):
+        """
+        Search terms are set by a ?search=... query parameter,
+        and may be comma and/or whitespace delimited.
+        """
+        params = request.query_params.get(self.search_param, '')
+        params = params.replace('\x00', '')  # strip null characters
+        params = params.replace(',', ' ')
+        return params.split()
+    # TODO to be removed
+    def construct_search(self, field_name):
+        lookup = self.lookup_prefixes.get(field_name[0])
+        if lookup:
+            field_name = field_name[1:]
+        else:
+            lookup = 'icontains'
+        return LOOKUP_SEP.join([field_name, lookup])
+    # TODO to be removed
+    def must_call_distinct(self, queryset, search_fields):
+        """
+        Return True if 'distinct()' should be used to query the given lookups.
+        """
+        for search_field in search_fields:
+            opts = queryset.model._meta
+            if search_field[0] in self.lookup_prefixes:
+                search_field = search_field[1:]
+            # Annotated fields do not need to be distinct
+            if isinstance(queryset, models.QuerySet) and search_field in queryset.query.annotations:
+                continue
+            parts = search_field.split(LOOKUP_SEP)
+            for part in parts:
+                field = opts.get_field(part)
+                if hasattr(field, 'get_path_info'):
+                    # This field is a relation, update opts to follow the relation
+                    path_info = field.get_path_info()
+                    opts = path_info[-1].to_opts
+                    if any(path.m2m for path in path_info):
+                        # This field is a m2m relation so we know we need to call distinct
+                        return True
+                else:
+                    # This field has a custom __ query transform but is not a relational field.
+                    break
+        return False
+    
+    def get_filters_dict(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Custom method that returns the filters exclusive to this filter in a dict. For caching purposes.
+        """
+        self.filters_dict = {}
+        if 'search' in request.query_params.keys():
+            slug_term = request.query_params.get('search')
+            self.filters_dict['search'] = [slug_term]
+        else:
+            self.filters_dict['search'] = []
+            
+        return self.filters_dict
+
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        search_fields = getattr(view, 'search_fields', None)
+        search_terms = self.get_search_terms(request)
+
+        if not search_fields or not search_terms:
+            return queryset
+
+        orm_lookups = [
+            self.construct_search(str(search_field))
+            for search_field in search_fields
+        ]
+
+        base = queryset
+        conditions = []
+        for search_term in search_terms:
+            queries = [
+                models.Q(**{orm_lookup: search_term})
+                for orm_lookup in orm_lookups
+            ]
+            conditions.append(reduce(operator.or_, queries))
+        queryset = queryset.filter(reduce(operator.and_, conditions))
+
+        if self.must_call_distinct(queryset, search_fields):
+            # Filtering against a many-to-many field requires us to
+            # call queryset.distinct() in order to avoid duplicate items
+            # in the resulting queryset.
+            # We try to avoid this if possible, for performance reasons.
+            queryset = distinct(queryset, base)
+        return queryset
+
+    def to_html(self, request, queryset, view):
+        if not getattr(view, 'search_fields', None):
+            return ''
+
+        term = self.get_search_terms(request)
+        term = term[0] if term else ''
+        context = {
+            'param': self.search_param,
+            'term': term
+        }
+        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
+        return template.render(context)
+
+    def get_schema_fields(self, view):
+        assert coreapi is not None, 'coreapi must be installed to use `get_schema_fields()`'
+        assert coreschema is not None, 'coreschema must be installed to use `get_schema_fields()`'
+        return [
+            coreapi.Field(
+                name=self.search_param,
+                required=False,
+                location='query',
+                schema=coreschema.String(
+                    title=force_str(self.search_title),
+                    description=force_str(self.search_description)
+                )
+            )
+        ]
+
+    def get_schema_operation_parameters(self, view):
+        return [
+            {
+                'name': self.search_param,
+                'required': False,
+                'in': 'query',
+                'description': force_str(self.search_description),
+                'schema': {
+                    'type': 'string',
+                },
+            },
+        ]
+
+
+class OrderingFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    # The URL query parameter used for the ordering.
+    ordering_param = api_settings.ORDERING_PARAM
+    ordering_fields = None
+    ordering_title = _('Ordering')
+    ordering_description = _('Which field to use when ordering the results.')
+    template = 'rest_framework/filters/ordering.html'
+
+    def get_ordering(self, request, queryset, view):
+        """
+        Ordering is set by a comma delimited ?ordering=... query parameter.
+
+        The `ordering` query parameter can be overridden by setting
+        the `ordering_param` value on the OrderingFilter or by
+        specifying an `ORDERING_PARAM` value in the API settings.
+        """
+        params = request.query_params.get(self.ordering_param)
+        if params:
+            fields = [param.strip() for param in params.split(',')]
+            ordering = self.remove_invalid_fields(queryset, fields, view, request)
+            if ordering:
+                return ordering
+
+        # No ordering was included, or all the ordering fields were invalid
+        return self.get_default_ordering(view)
+
+    def get_default_ordering(self, view):
+        ordering = getattr(view, 'ordering', None)
+        if isinstance(ordering, str):
+            return (ordering,)
+        return ordering
+
+    def get_default_valid_fields(self, queryset, view, context={}):
+        # If `ordering_fields` is not specified, then we determine a default
+        # based on the serializer class, if one exists on the view.
+        if hasattr(view, 'get_serializer_class'):
+            try:
+                serializer_class = view.get_serializer_class()
+            except AssertionError:
+                # Raised by the default implementation if
+                # no serializer_class was found
+                serializer_class = None
+        else:
+            serializer_class = getattr(view, 'serializer_class', None)
+
+        if serializer_class is None:
+            msg = (
+                "Cannot use %s on a view which does not have either a "
+                "'serializer_class', an overriding 'get_serializer_class' "
+                "or 'ordering_fields' attribute."
+            )
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured(msg % self.__class__.__name__)
+
+        model_class = queryset.model
+        model_property_names = [
+            # 'pk' is a property added in Django's Model class, however it is valid for ordering.
+            attr for attr in dir(model_class) if isinstance(getattr(model_class, attr), property) and attr != 'pk'
+        ]
+
+        return [
+            (field.source.replace('.', '__') or field_name, field.label)
+            for field_name, field in serializer_class(context=context).fields.items()
+            if (
+                not getattr(field, 'write_only', False) and
+                not field.source == '*' and
+                field.source not in model_property_names
+            )
+        ]
+
+    def get_valid_fields(self, queryset, view, context={}):
+        valid_fields = getattr(view, 'ordering_fields', self.ordering_fields)
+
+        if valid_fields is None:
+            # Default to allowing filtering on serializer fields
+            return self.get_default_valid_fields(queryset, view, context)
+
+        elif valid_fields == '__all__':
+            # View explicitly allows filtering on any model field
+            valid_fields = [
+                (field.name, field.verbose_name) for field in queryset.model._meta.fields
+            ]
+            valid_fields += [
+                (key, key.title().split('__'))
+                for key in queryset.query.annotations
+            ]
+        else:
+            valid_fields = [
+                (item, item) if isinstance(item, str) else item
+                for item in valid_fields
+            ]
+
+        return valid_fields
+
+    def remove_invalid_fields(self, queryset, fields, view, request):
+        valid_fields = [item[0] for item in self.get_valid_fields(queryset, view, {'request': request})]
+
+        def term_valid(term):
+            if term.startswith("-"):
+                term = term[1:]
+            return term in valid_fields
+
+        return [term for term in fields if term_valid(term)]
+    
+    def get_filters_dict(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Custom method that returns the filters exclusive to this filter in a dict. For caching purposes.
+        """
+        self.filters_dict = {}
+        if 'ordering' in request.query_params.keys():
+            slug_term = request.query_params.get('ordering')
+            self.filters_dict['ordering'] = [slug_term]
+        else:
+            self.filters_dict['ordering'] = [view.ordering_fields[0]]
+            
+        return self.filters_dict
+    
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        ordering = self.get_ordering(request, queryset, view)
+
+        if ordering:
+            return queryset.order_by(*ordering)
+
+        return queryset
+
+    def get_template_context(self, request, queryset, view):
+        current = self.get_ordering(request, queryset, view)
+        current = None if not current else current[0]
+        options = []
+        context = {
+            'request': request,
+            'current': current,
+            'param': self.ordering_param,
+        }
+        for key, label in self.get_valid_fields(queryset, view, context):
+            options.append((key, '%s - %s' % (label, _('ascending'))))
+            options.append(('-' + key, '%s - %s' % (label, _('descending'))))
+        context['options'] = options
+        return context
+
+    def to_html(self, request, queryset, view):
+        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
+        context = self.get_template_context(request, queryset, view)
+        return template.render(context)
+
+    def get_schema_fields(self, view):
+        assert coreapi is not None, 'coreapi must be installed to use `get_schema_fields()`'
+        assert coreschema is not None, 'coreschema must be installed to use `get_schema_fields()`'
+        return [
+            coreapi.Field(
+                name=self.ordering_param,
+                required=False,
+                location='query',
+                schema=coreschema.String(
+                    title=force_str(self.ordering_title),
+                    description=force_str(self.ordering_description)
+                )
+            )
+        ]
+
+    def get_schema_operation_parameters(self, view):
+        return [
+            {
+                'name': self.ordering_param,
+                'required': False,
+                'in': 'query',
+                'description': force_str(self.ordering_description),
+                'schema': {
+                    'type': 'string',
+                },
+            },
+        ]
diff --git a/generics.py b/generics.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cf8df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+"""
+Generic views that provide commonly needed behaviour.
+"""
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
+from django.http import Http404
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404 as _get_object_or_404
+
+from rest_framework import views
+from rest_framework.generics import GenericAPIView
+from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+
+from libraries import mixins
+
+
+# Concrete view classes that provide method handlers
+# by composing the mixin classes with the base view.
+
+# Single item CRUD
+
+class CachedCreateAPIView(mixins.CachedCreateModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for creating a model instance.
+    """
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedRetrieveAPIView(mixins.CachedRetrieveModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for retrieving a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedUpdateAPIView(mixins.CachedUpdateModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for updating a model instance.
+    """
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.partial_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedDestroyAPIView(mixins.CachedDestroyModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for deleting a model instance.
+    """
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedRetrieveUpdateAPIView(mixins.CachedRetrieveModelMixin,mixins.CachedUpdateModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for retrieving, updating a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.partial_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedRetrieveDestroyAPIView(mixins.CachedRetrieveModelMixin,mixins.CachedDestroyModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for retrieving or deleting a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView(mixins.CachedRetrieveModelMixin,mixins.CachedUpdateModelMixin,mixins.CachedDestroyModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for retrieving, updating or deleting a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.partial_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedCreateRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView(mixins.CachedCreateModelMixin,mixins.CachedRetrieveModelMixin,mixins.CachedUpdateModelMixin,mixins.CachedDestroyModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for creating, retrieving, updating or deleting a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.partial_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+# List based CRUD
+
+class CachedListRetrieveAPIView(mixins.CachedListRetrieveModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for listing a queryset.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedListCreateAPIView(mixins.CachedListCreateModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for creating multiple instances.
+    """
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedListUpdateAPIView(mixins.CachedListUpdateModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for updating multiple instances.
+    """
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_partial_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedListDestroyAPIView(mixins.CachedListDestroyModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for deleting multiple instances.
+    """
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedListRetrieveCreateAPIView(mixins.CachedListRetrieveModelMixin,mixins.CachedListCreateModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for listing a queryset or creating a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedListCreateRetrieveDestroyAPIView(mixins.CachedListCreateModelMixin,mixins.CachedListRetrieveModelMixin,mixins.CachedListDestroyModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for creating, retrieving or deleting a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedListCreateRetrieveUpdateAPIView(mixins.CachedListCreateModelMixin,mixins.CachedListRetrieveModelMixin,mixins.CachedListUpdateModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for creating, retrieving, updating or deleting a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_partial_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedListCreateRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView(mixins.CachedListCreateModelMixin,mixins.CachedListRetrieveModelMixin,mixins.CachedListUpdateModelMixin,mixins.CachedListDestroyModelMixin,GenericAPIView):
+    """
+    Concrete view for creating, retrieving, updating or deleting a model instance.
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_partial_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.list_destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/mixins.py b/mixins.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5526536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mixins.py
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+"""
+Basic building blocks for generic class based views.
+
+We don't bind behaviour to http method handlers yet,
+which allows mixin classes to be composed in interesting ways.
+"""
+from rest_framework import status
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+from rest_framework import mixins
+from libraries.cache_mixins import CacheGetMixin, CacheSetMixin, CacheDeleteMixin
+
+
+# Mixin classes to be included in the generic classes
+class CachedCreateModelMixin(CacheDeleteMixin, mixins.CreateModelMixin):
+    """
+    A slightly modified version of rest_framework.mixins.CreateModelMixin that handles cache deletions.
+    """
+    def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Go on with the creation as normal
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        self.perform_create(serializer)
+        headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
+        
+        # Delete the cache
+        self.delete_cache(request)
+        return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, headers=headers)
+
+
+class CachedRetrieveModelMixin(CacheGetMixin, CacheSetMixin):
+    """
+    A slightly modified version of rest_framework.mixins.RetrieveModelMixin that handles cache attempts.
+    mixins.RetrieveModelMixin only has the retrieve method so it doesn't stand to inherit anything from it.
+    """
+    def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Attempt to get the request from the cache
+        cache_attempt = self.get_cache(request)
+        
+        if cache_attempt:
+            return Response(cache_attempt)
+        else:
+            # The cache get attempt failed so we have to get the results from the database
+            instance = self.get_object()
+            
+            serializer = self.get_serializer(instance)
+            response = Response(serializer.data)
+                
+            self.set_cache(request, response)
+            return response
+
+
+class CachedUpdateModelMixin(CacheDeleteMixin, mixins.UpdateModelMixin):
+    """
+    A slightly modified version of rest_framework.mixins.UpdateModelMixin that handles cache deletes.
+    """
+    def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        partial = kwargs.pop('partial', False)
+        instance = self.get_object()
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(instance, data=request.data, partial=partial)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        self.perform_update(serializer)
+
+        if getattr(instance, '_prefetched_objects_cache', None):
+            # If 'prefetch_related' has been applied to a queryset, we need to
+            # forcibly invalidate the prefetch cache on the instance.
+            instance._prefetched_objects_cache = {}
+        
+        # Delete the related caches
+        self.delete_cache(request)
+
+        return Response(serializer.data)
+
+
+class CachedDestroyModelMixin(CacheDeleteMixin, mixins.DestroyModelMixin):
+    """
+    A slightly modified version of rest_framework.mixins.DestroyModelMixin that handles cache deletes.
+    """
+    def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        instance = self.get_object()
+        self.perform_destroy(instance)
+        
+        # Delete the related caches
+        self.delete_cache(request)
+        
+        return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+
+
+# List mixin classes to be included with list generic classes
+class CachedListCreateModelMixin(CacheDeleteMixin):
+    """
+    A fully custom mixin that handles mutiple instance cration.
+    """
+    def list_create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Go on with the creation as normal
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data, many=True)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        self.perform_create(serializer)
+        headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
+        
+        # Delete the cache
+        self.delete_cache(request)
+        return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, headers=headers)
+
+    def perform_create(self, serializer):
+        serializer.save()
+
+    def get_success_headers(self, data):
+        try:
+            return {'Location': str(data[api_settings.URL_FIELD_NAME])}
+        except (TypeError, KeyError):
+            return {}
+
+
+class CachedListRetrieveModelMixin(CacheGetMixin, CacheSetMixin):
+    """
+    A slightly modified version of rest_framework.mixins.ListModelMixin that handles cache saves.
+    mixins.ListModelMixin only has the list method so it doesn't stand to inherit anything from it.
+    """
+    def list(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Attempt to get the request from the cache
+        cache_attempt = self.get_cache(request)
+        
+        if cache_attempt:
+            return Response(cache_attempt)
+        else:
+            # The cache get attempt failed so we have to get the results from the database
+            queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
+            
+            if self.paged:
+                page = self.paginate_queryset(queryset)
+                if page is not None:
+                    serializer = self.get_serializer(page, many=True)
+                    response = self.get_paginated_response(serializer.data)
+                else:
+                    serializer = self.get_serializer(queryset, many=True)
+                    response = Response(serializer.data)
+            else:
+                serializer = self.get_serializer(queryset, many=True)
+                response = Response(serializer.data)
+                
+        self.set_cache(request, response)
+        return response
+
+
+class CachedListUpdateModelMixin(CacheDeleteMixin):
+    """
+    A fully custom mixin that handles mutiple instance updates.
+    """
+    def list_update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        partial = kwargs.pop('partial', False)
+        
+        queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
+        
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(queryset, data=request.data, partial=partial, many=True)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        self.perform_update(serializer)
+
+        # Delete the related caches
+        self.delete_cache(request)
+
+        return Response(serializer.data)
+
+    def perform_update(self, serializer):
+        serializer.save()
+
+    def list_partial_update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs['partial'] = True
+        return self.list_update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class CachedListDestroyModelMixin(CacheDeleteMixin):
+    """
+    A fully custom mixin that handles mutiple instance deletions.
+    """
+    def list_destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Go on with the validation as normal
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data, many=True)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        validated_data = serializer.validated_data
+        
+        # TODO does this new stuff work even? need to check on the frontend
+        serializer.delete(validated_data)
+        
+#        for instance in self.get_objects():
+#            if instance is not None:
+#                self.perform_destroy(instance)
+
+        # Delete the related caches
+        self.delete_cache(request)
+        
+        return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+
+    #def perform_destroy(self, instance):
+    #    instance.delete()
+
+    #def get_objects(self):
+    #    """
+    #    The custom list version of get_object that retrieves one instance from the #database. It yields model instances with each call.
+    #    """
+    #    queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
+    #    
+    #    if len(queryset):
+    #        for obj in queryset.all():
+
+    #            # May raise a permission denied
+    #            self.check_object_permissions(self.request, obj)
+
+        #        yield obj
+            
+        #yield None
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63d261f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+def sorted_params_string(filters_dict):
+    """
+    This function takes a dict and returns it in a sorted form for the url filter, it's primarily used for cache purposes.
+    """
+    filters_string = ''
+    for key in sorted(filters_dict.keys()):
+        if filters_string == '':
+            filters_string = f"{key}={','.join(str(val) for val in sorted(filters_dict[key]))}"
+        else:
+            filters_string = f"{filters_string}&{key}={','.join(str(val) for val in sorted(filters_dict[key]))}"
+        filters_string = filters_string.strip()
+    return filters_string
+
+
+def parse_tags_to_dict(tags):
+    tagdict = {}
+    if ':' not in tags:
+        tagdict = {}
+    else:   
+        for subtag in tags.split('&'):
+            tagkey, taglist = subtag.split(':')
+            taglist = taglist.split(',')
+            tagdict[tagkey] = set(taglist)
+    return tagdict