From 61d93d1cc9fbc0904a8a996ade3878f6b8c3a845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew <matthew@staff.libraryofcode.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:43:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] functions for manipulating gobs

---
 internal/cache/gob.go | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 internal/cache/gob.go

diff --git a/internal/cache/gob.go b/internal/cache/gob.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..220e860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cache/gob.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package cache
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
+)
+
+func StoreCacheGob[Data any](ctx context.Context, rdb *redis.Client, key string, data Data) error {
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(&buffer)
+
+	// Serialize struct to Gob
+	err := encoder.Encode(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Store data in Redis
+	return rdb.Set(ctx, key, buffer.Bytes(), 0).Err()
+}
+
+func GetCacheGob[Data any](ctx context.Context, rdb *redis.Client, key string) (Data, error) {
+	var data Data
+
+	binData, err := rdb.Get(ctx, key).Bytes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return data, err
+	}
+
+	buffer := bytes.NewBuffer(binData)
+	decoder := gob.NewDecoder(buffer)
+
+	// Deserialize Gob binary back to struct
+	err = decoder.Decode(&data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return data, err
+	}
+
+	return data, nil
+}