my $home_dir;

# The %api_cache hash is a cache for API call data across all objects.
# It is managed by the _api_cache() private method. Each cache slot contains the
# time() that it was stored, and will time out after
# API_CACHE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS/api_cache_time()

my %api_cache;

BEGIN {
    $home_dir = File::HomeDir->my_home;
}

use constant {
    DEBUG_CACHE                 => $ENV{DEBUG_API_CACHE},
    API_CACHE_PERSIST           => 0,
    API_CACHE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS   => 2,
    API_TIMEOUT_RETRIES         => 3,
    AUTH_CACHE_FILE             => "$home_dir/api_auth_cache.json",
};