NAME CatalystX::Fastly::Role::Response - Methods for Fastly integration to Catalyst SYNOPSIS package MyApp; ... use Catalyst qw/ +CatalystX::Fastly::Role::Response /; extends 'Catalyst'; ... package MyApp::Controller::Root sub a_page :Path('some_page') { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; $c->cdn_max_age('10d'); $c->browser_max_age('1d'); $c->add_surrogate_key('FOO','WIBBLE'); $c->response->body( 'Add cache and surrogate key headers' ); } DESCRIPTION This role adds methods to set appropriate cache headers in Catalyst responses, relating to use of a Content Distribution Network (CDN) and/or Caching proxy as well as cache settings for HTTP clients (e.g. web browser). It is specifically targeted at Fastly but may also be useful to others. Values are converted and headers set in "finalize_headers". Headers affected are: Cache-Control HTTP client (e.g. browser) and CDN (if Surrogate-Control not used) cache settings Surrogate-Control CDN only cache settings Surrogate-Key CDN only, can then later be used to purge content Pragma only set for for browser_never_cache Expires only for browser_never_cache TIME PERIOD FORMAT All time periods are expressed as: "Xs", "Xm", "Xh", "Xd", "XM" or "Xy", e.g. seconds, minutes, hours, days, months or years, e.g. "3h" is three hours. CDN METHODS cdn_max_age $c->cdn_max_age( '1d' ); Used to set "max-age" in the "Surrogate-Control" header, which CDN's use to determine how long to cache for. If *not* supplied the CDN will use the "Cache-Control" headers value (as set by "browser_max_age"). cdn_stale_while_revalidate $c->cdn_stale_while_revalidate('1y'); Applied to "Surrogate-Control" only when "cdn_max_age" is set, this informs the CDN how long to continue serving stale content from cache while it is revalidating in the background. cdn_stale_if_error $c->cdn_stale_if_error('1y'); Applied to "Surrogate-Control" only when "cdn_max_age" is set, this informs the CDN how long to continue serving stale content from cache if there is an error at the origin. cdn_never_cache $c->cdn_never_cache(1); When true the "Surrogate-Control" header will have a value of "private", this forces Fastly (other CDN's may behave differently) to never cache the results (even for multiple outstanding requests), no matter what other options have been set. BROWSER METHODS browser_max_age $c->browser_max_age( '1m' ); Used to set "max-age" in the "Cache-Control" header, browsers use this to determine how long to cache for. The CDN will also use this if there is no "Surrogate-Control" (as set by "cdn_max_age")>. browser_stale_while_revalidate $c->browser_stale_while_revalidate('1y'); Applied to "Cache-Control" only when "browser_max_age" is set, this informs the browser how long to continue serving stale content from cache while it is revalidating from the CDN. browser_stale_if_error $c->browser_stale_if_error('1y'); Applied to "Cache-Control" only when "browser_max_age" is set, this informs the browser how long to continue serving stale content from cache if there is an error at the CDN. browser_never_cache $c->browser_never_cache(1); When true the headers below are set, this forces the browser to never cache the results. "private" is NOT added as this would also affect the CDN even if "cdn_max_age" was set. Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0 Pragma: no-cache Expires: 0 N.b. Some versions of IE won't let you download files, such as a PDF if it is not allowed to cache it, it is recommended to set a "browser_max_age"('1m') in this situation. IE8 have issues with the above and using the back button, and need an additional *Vary: ** header, as noted by Fastly , this is left for you to implement. SURROGATE KEYS add_surrogate_key $c->add_surrogate_key('FOO','WIBBLE'); This can be called multiple times, the values will be set as the "Surrogate-Key" header as *`FOO WIBBLE`*. See "cdn_purge_now" in MooseX::Fastly::Role if you are interested in purging these keys! INTERNAL METHODS finalize_headers The method that actually sets all the headers, should be called automatically by Catalyst. SEE ALSO MooseX::Fastly::Role - provides cdn_purge_now and access to Net::Fastly stale-while-validate BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. AUTHOR Leo Lapworth CONTRIBUTORS * Graham Knop * Leo Lapworth COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Leo Lapworth. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.