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Using the Cache API

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Use the Cache API to store responses in Cloudflare's cache.

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JavaScript
export default {
async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
const cacheUrl = new URL(request.url);
// Construct the cache key from the cache URL
const cacheKey = new Request(cacheUrl.toString(), request);
const cache = caches.default;
// Check whether the value is already available in the cache
// if not, you will need to fetch it from origin, and store it in the cache
let response = await cache.match(cacheKey);
if (!response) {
console.log(
`Response for request url: ${request.url} not present in cache. Fetching and caching request.`,
);
// If not in cache, get it from origin
response = await fetch(request);
// Must use Response constructor to inherit all of response's fields
response = new Response(response.body, response);
// Cache API respects Cache-Control headers. Setting s-maxage to 10
// will limit the response to be in cache for 10 seconds max
// Any changes made to the response here will be reflected in the cached value
response.headers.append("Cache-Control", "s-maxage=10");
ctx.waitUntil(cache.put(cacheKey, response.clone()));
} else {
console.log(`Cache hit for: ${request.url}.`);
}
return response;
},
};