cache registry information for 30 seconds

building_dao/settings.py

 """Store settings"""
 import logging
 from MaxIcsRegistry import MaxIcsRegistry
+from cachetools import cached, LRUCache, TTLCache
+
 
 class Settings:
 
     """Settings for BKC communication"""
+
     def __init__(self, staging: bool = False, registry=None, **kwargs) -> None:
 
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
 
         if not registry:
-            self.logger.warning("Registry is not set when initializing Building. Calling registry...")
+            self.logger.warning(
+                "Registry is not set when initializing Building. Calling registry..."
+            )
             registry = MaxIcsRegistry.from_env(staging=staging)
 
-        building_center_info = registry.get_info("building-knowledge-information-center")
+        building_center_info = self._get_node_information(
+            registry=registry, node_name="building-knowledge-information-center"
+        )
 
         self.api_key = next(iter(building_center_info["api_in"].values()))["key"]
 
@@ -26,3 +33,8 @@ class Settings:
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "Settings __dict__: %s" % str(self.__dict__)
+
+    @cached(cache=TTLCache(maxsize=1024, ttl=30))
+    def _get_node_information(self, registry: MaxIcsRegistry, node_name: str):
+        node_info = registry.get_info(node_name)
+        return node_info