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# 🔥 Cache every request in Angular, not only the GET, but all methods of this interceptor, and allows you to interact with the interceptor via specific headers and modify the request, and these specific headers will be not included in the final request. v2020.4.300
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### NodeJs LTS Version Requirement
```txt
>=12.13.0
```
### Built on NodeJs
```txt
v12.16.3
```
The ```async``` and ```await``` keywords are required. Only the latest LTS variant is supported.
Install NodeJs:
https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/
# Built on Angular
```text
9.1.4
```
# Description
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Usually, when you want to cache all requests, you do not cache all requests, but only the `GET` method. But, for some frontend applications, it is required to cache everything, otherwise the subsequent requests, without cache, would slow down the application flow. So, this micro-service caches all method/path/query variables/parameters/request body.
The way, we can find out what we are caching it is not simple. Usually, you would cache by a key of the `httpRequest.urlWithParams` and only the `GET` HTTP method.
To create this cache key, this package is using the `object-hash` package, with the following algorithm:
```ts
import * as hash from 'object-hash'
const hashOptions = {
algorithm: 'md5',
encoding: 'hex'
}
httpToKey(httpRequest: HttpRequest<any>) {
const key = httpRequest.method + '@' + httpRequest.urlWithParams + '@' + hash(httpRequest.params, hashOptions) + '@' + hash(httpRequest.body, hashOptions)
return key
}
```
There is room in the future, to restrict to specific methods and add more configurations and functions. If there is a need for this micro-service, it could be enhanced, but for now, it is caching everything, with the exception, when you include the `CachingHeaders.NoCache` header into your request, then this request will always hit the server.
# Example web page that uses this package
https://angular-http-cache-interceptor.corifeus.com
# How to use it
```bash
npm i p3x-angular-http-cache-interceptor object-hash @types/object-hash
```
## Include the caching interceptor into your Angular module
```js
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { P3XHttpCacheInterceptorModule } from 'p3x-angular-http-cache-interceptor';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
],
imports: [
P3XHttpCacheInterceptorModule,
],
providers: [
],
bootstrap: []
})
export class SomeModule { }
```
## Example invocation in a component
With and without cache:
```ts
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from "@angular/common/http";
import {MatSnackBar} from "@angular/material/snack-bar";
import { CachingHeaders } from 'p3x-angular-http-cache-interceptor'
@Component({
selector: 'p3x-root',
templateUrl: './app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./app.component.scss']
})
export class AppComponent {
constructor(
private http: HttpClient,
private snack: MatSnackBar,
) {
}
async loadCached() {
try {
const response : any = await this.http.get('https://server.patrikx3.com/api/core/util/random/32').toPromise()
this.snack.open(`Will be always the same: ${response.random}`, 'OK')
} catch(e) {
this.snack.open(`Sorry, error happened, check the consle for the error`, 'OK')
console.error(e)
}
}
async loadNonCached() {
try {
const response : any = await this.http.get('https://server.patrikx3.com/api/core/util/random/32', {
headers: {
[CachingHeaders.NoCache]: '1'
}
}).toPromise()
this.snack.open(`Truly random data: ${response.random}`, 'OK')
} catch(e) {
this.snack.open(`Sorry, error happened, check the console for the error`, 'OK')
console.error(e)
}
}
}
```
You may refer to GitHub how it works (although the imports should be used as it is above, because the code below is using the development version):
https://github.com/patrikx3/angular-http-cache-interceptor/blob/master/src/app/app.module.ts
https://github.com/patrikx3/angular-http-cache-interceptor/blob/master/src/app/app.component.ts
https://github.com/patrikx3/angular-http-cache-interceptor/blob/master/src/app/app.component.html
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