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Implementing Cache using Redis in a Spring Boot API that uses Spring Data JPA and PostgreSQL

Step-by-step guide on how to implement cache in Movie API using Redis

Ivan Franchin
JavaToDev
Published in
9 min readSep 26, 2023

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In this article, we will explain how to implement cache using Redis in a Spring Boot application, called Movie API.

Redis is a fast, in-memory data store and caching system. It’s used for quick data retrieval and supports various data structures. Redis is often used as a cache, for real-time messaging, and in applications where speed and low-latency access are critical.

You can find the complete code and implementation in the article linked below. Feel free to follow the steps explained in the article and get started.

This is one article of a series of articles where we are using the Movie API as a base application. Throughout these articles, we’ll cover topics such as implementing unit or integration…

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Ivan Franchin
JavaToDev

Lead Software Developer with BS and MS in Computer Science. Writing about Java, Spring, software development in general, and emerging technologies.