from django.core.cache import cache def finished_submission(sub): keys = ['user_complete:%d' % sub.user_id, 'user_attempted:%s' % sub.user_id] if hasattr(sub, 'contest'): participation = sub.contest.participation keys += ['contest_complete:%d' % participation.id] keys += ['contest_attempted:%d' % participation.id] cache.delete_many(keys)