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oligofren
Asked: 2012-07-04 13:38:06 +0800 CST

How do I do server-side caching of GETs to a RPC-like "REST" service

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We have a service that exposes a calculation service through a REST interface (accessed by GET). To me this sounds like a perfect candidate for caching responses, and after reading an article by Andy King on using Apache's mod_expire for caching, this seemed the way to go. I basically thought setting 

ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 1 hour"

to cache the responses. The calculation service uses indexes that are updated from time to time, so it needs to refresh from time to time, but other than that, I cannot see any pitfalls. What other ways would you recommend to do server-side caching that does not mean touching the code itself?

apache-2.2 cache

1 Answers

  1. An Expires header gives you client-side caching (useful if the same client needs the same resource multiple times) but not server-side caching.

    Since you're looking to cache server-side, mod_cache is what you need.

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