Implementing local caching using Golang’s web framework Buffalo framework

Local caching is a commonly used technology in web development, which can improve the performance and availability of web applications. During the development process, we often need to use certain frameworks to implement local caching. In this article, I will introduce how to use Golang's Web framework Buffalo framework to implement local caching.

Buffalo framework is a Web framework, which is developed based on Golang language. In the Buffalo framework, we can easily implement local caching, which can greatly improve the performance of web applications. Below I will introduce how to use the Buffalo framework to implement local caching.

Step 1: Create a new Buffalo application

In order to use the Buffalo framework to implement local caching, we need to first create a new Buffalo application. We can create a new Buffalo application using the following command:

$ buffalo new myapp

This will create a new Buffalo application named myapp.

Step 2: Add gorilla/mux dependency

We will use gorilla/mux as our HTTP router. For this, we need to add the dependency of gorilla/mux. We can do this by adding the following line in the go.mod file:

require github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0

Then run the following command to download the dependencies:

$ go mod download

Step 3: Create a Cache Controller

We need to create a cache controller to handle all requests. We can create a new file called CacheController and add the following code:

package actions

import (
    "net/http"
    "time"

    "github.com/gorilla/mux"
    "github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo"
    "github.com/gobuffalo/buffalo/cache"
)

func CacheController() buffalo.Handler {
    // create a map to store the cache entries
    var cacheEntries = make(map[string]cache.Store)

    return func(c buffalo.Context) error {
        // get the current route
        route := c.Value("current_route").(mux.RouteMatch)

        // get the cache entry name
        cacheKey := route.Route.GetName()

        // check if the cache entry exists
        if cacheEntry, ok := cacheEntries[cacheKey]; ok {
            // if it does, get the value from the cache
            cachedValue, err := cacheEntry.Get(c.Request().URL.String())
            if err == nil {
                // if there's no error, return the value from the cache
                return c.Render(http.StatusOK, r.JSON(cachedValue))
            }
        }

        // if the cache entry doesn't exist or there was an error getting
        // the value from the cache, run the handler and cache the result
        h := route.Route.GetHandler()
        res := h(c)
        cacheStore := cache.NewCache(time.Minute * 1)
        cacheStore.Add(c.Request().URL.String(), res.Body.String())

        cacheEntries[cacheKey] = cacheStore

        return res
    }
}

In this controller we are using gorilla/mux’s mux.RouteMatchStructure to obtain the current routing information and name. Then we use Buffalo's cache package to implement caching. When we check the cache, we first check if the route exists in our cache map, and then check if there is a match to the request URL in the cache. If there is a match, the cached value is returned, otherwise the handler is run and the result is cached.

Step 4: Use the cache controller in the router

Now we can use the cache controller in the router. We just need to add the CacheController controller in the router's middleware. We can use the following code to implement this process:

func (a *App) cacheRoutes() {
    r := a.Router

    r.Use(func(next buffalo.Handler) buffalo.Handler {
        return func(c buffalo.Context) error {
            c.Set("start_time", time.Now())
            return next(c)
        }
    })

    r.Use(CacheController())
}

In this example, we also add a start time middleware to record the duration and performance of the request.

Step 5: Test the cache

Now we can test whether our cache is working properly. We can start the Buffalo application using the following command:

$ buffalo dev

We can then use tools like curl to test our cache. For example:

$ curl http://localhost:3000/api/v1/items

We can run this command multiple times to test the cache. On the first run, the cache is filled, and the second and subsequent runs will return the cached values.

Conclusion

In this article, we introduced how to use the Buffalo framework to implement local caching. The Buffalo framework is very useful for web application development because it simplifies many common tasks and operations. By using the Buffalo framework and some other dependencies such as gorilla/mux and Buffalo's cache package, we can easily implement local caching and improve the performance and availability of our web applications.

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