PERF: handle debounce in redis cause SQL can be slow

app/models/search_log.rb

@@ -19,42 +19,54 @@ class SearchLog < ActiveRecord::Base
     )
   end
 
+  def self.redis_key(ip_address:, user_id: nil)
+    if user_id
+      "__SEARCH__LOG_#{user_id}"
+    else
+      "__SEARCH__LOG_#{ip_address}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  # for testing
+  def self.clear_debounce_cache!
+    $redis.keys("__SEARCH__LOG_*").each do |k|
+      $redis.del(k)
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.log(term:, search_type:, ip_address:, user_id: nil)
 
     search_type = search_types[search_type]
     return [:error] unless search_type.present? && ip_address.present?
 
-    update_sql = <<~SQL
+    key = redis_key(user_id: user_id, ip_address: ip_address)
-      UPDATE search_logs
-      SET term = :term,
-        created_at = :created_at
-      WHERE created_at > :timeframe AND
-        position(term IN :term) = 1 AND
-        ((:user_id IS NULL AND ip_address = :ip_address) OR
-          (user_id = :user_id))
-      RETURNING id
-    SQL
 
-    rows = exec_sql(
+    result = nil
-      update_sql,
-      term: term,
-      created_at: Time.zone.now,
-      timeframe: 5.seconds.ago,
-      user_id: user_id,
-      ip_address: ip_address
-    )
 
-    if rows.cmd_tuples == 0
+    if existing = $redis.get(key)
-      result = create(
+      id, old_term = existing.split(",", 2)
+      if term.start_with?(old_term)
+        where(id: id.to_i).update_all(
+          created_at: Time.zone.now,
+          term: term
+        )
+        result = [:updated, id.to_i]
+      end
+    end
+
+    if !result
+      log = create(
         term: term,
         search_type: search_type,
         ip_address: ip_address,
         user_id: user_id
       )
-      [:created, result.id]
+      result = [:created, log.id]
-    else
-      [:updated, rows[0]['id'].to_i]
     end
+
+    $redis.setex(key, 5, "#{result[1]},#{term}")
+
+    result
   end
 
   def self.term_details(term, period = :weekly, search_type = :all)

spec/models/search_log_spec.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe SearchLog, type: :model do
 
+  before do
+    SearchLog.clear_debounce_cache!
+  end
+
   describe ".log" do
 
     context "invalid arguments" do
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ RSpec.describe SearchLog, type: :model do
         expect(action).to eq(:created)
 
         freeze_time(10.minutes.from_now)
+        $redis.del(SearchLog.redis_key(ip_address: '192.168.0.1', user_id: user.id))
 
         action, _ = SearchLog.log(
           term: 'hello',