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public function getAllForAPI()
    {
        // Lets try to look up in cache, hopefuly there is something there
        $contacts = Cache::get('contacts')
        
        // Is there something?
        if(!empty($contacts) {
            // Yep, lucky us, let's just return that instead of wasting time in DB
            return $contacts;
        }
        
        // Looking up in db
        $contacts = $this->orderBy('name', 'ASC')->get();
        
        // Let's cache it, so next time we can skip this long lookup
        Cache::put('contacts', $contacts, 1440);
        
        return $contacts;
    }