How to search for works efficiently?

[hejops]

Going off the example in #1 (comment), I tried the following code:

from imslp import client
r = client.ImslpClient()
results = r.search_works(composer="Schoenberg")
ids = [r["intvals"]["pageid"] for r in results]
print(ids)

The search_works() call "appears" to produce unresponsive behaviour, as there is no indication that anything is being done. However, sending a keyboard interrupt after some time (a few minutes) does return data. Is there a more efficient method to get information on a large number of works?

[zezewewe]

only the first run will take 5-10 minutes, thereafter the search occurs rather quickly :)

[hatzel]

Is there any way to persist this cache? The code appears to have some references to cache files (i.e., loading them), but I couldn't figure out where they are created.