Investigate nginx caching #8

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opened 2025-09-28 18:34:56 +00:00 by ian · 0 comments

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Try nginx cache e.g. https://blog.nginx.org/blog/nginx-caching-guide

Can we do this, with various cache timeouts depending on the URL? e.g.

SSE endpoint: None
Fetched spot/alert API endpoints: 15 seconds
Lookup API endpoints: 1 hour
Static pages: 1 hour
Static files: 1 hour

Implement this on the server and update the README accordingly.

We don't just want browsers to cache the content themselves using HTTP headers, although this is no bad thing too. The more important thing is if there are lots of clients using the same query, that we only generate a result for it once every few seconds, not every time.

Try nginx cache e.g. https://blog.nginx.org/blog/nginx-caching-guide Can we do this, with various cache timeouts depending on the URL? e.g. * SSE endpoint: None * Fetched spot/alert API endpoints: 15 seconds * Lookup API endpoints: 1 hour * Static pages: 1 hour * Static files: 1 hour Implement this on the server and update the README accordingly. We don't just want browsers to cache the content themselves using HTTP headers, although this is no bad thing too. The more important thing is if there are lots of clients using the same query, that we only generate a result for it once every few seconds, not every time.