Suggestion: document the use 'cacheSearchResultsFo...
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Edson Feimberg
01/27/2022, 5:38 PMSuggestion: document the use 'cacheSearchResultsForSeconds'. It is very useful and isn't mentioned in the official docs. I only knew it existed because it was available in the instant search github example. The only other reference to it is at https://giters.com/typesense/typesense-js/issues/52 . Official docs at the moment only discuss server-side caching. I considered editing the docs myself, but wasn't sure where to place it.
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CaptainCodeman
01/27/2022, 5:46 PMI’ve been experimenting with having my app proxy the requests to typesense - that way I can cache things there if I want (so the same search results are available to different visitors) and it also moves the query formulation / result translation code away from the client so not as much code + data has to go over the wire.
CaptainCodeman
01/27/2022, 5:49 PMFor an individual user, I use normal http headers / 304 response to cache results via the browser rather than having to create any specific cache mechanism in the client app
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Jason Bosco
01/27/2022, 5:55 PM@Edson Feimberg Yeah, I've been meaning to add client-specific docs to the README... For now, I just point to the Configuration class from the README to learn about all available options.
Jason Bosco
01/27/2022, 5:56 PM@CaptainCodeman There's actually both client-side caching and also server-side caching if needed in Typesense
Jason Bosco
01/27/2022, 5:56 PMThere's the use_cache and cache_ttl search parameters: https://typesense.org/docs/0.22.1/api/documents.html#caching-parameters
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CaptainCodeman
01/27/2022, 5:56 PMYes, I’ve been using the
use_cacheCaptainCodeman
01/27/2022, 6:06 PMmy thinking is to have each browser re-use matching results when it can (local browser cache), have results re-used between users in the same area when possible (via CDN) and then have Typesense cache things too. It all seems to work well and should scale.
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Jason Bosco
01/27/2022, 6:08 PMNice! Cache all the way!
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CaptainCodeman
01/27/2022, 6:09 PMI’m so cheap - anything to save a $! 😄
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Jason Bosco
01/27/2022, 6:09 PMBut caching improves performance as well! So improves UX for users 🙂
Jason Bosco
01/27/2022, 6:10 PMAs they say, resource constraints actually help build good products!
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CaptainCodeman
01/27/2022, 6:10 PMYes, it does make everything nice and zippy. Honestly, I’m just so happy how well it’s working I can’t wait to launch the site that’s going to use it
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