Cloudflare Developers•16mo ago

Accessing Cache API Typescript

In the cache API documentation (https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/cache/#accessing-cache), it says to access the cache via a global variable. However the examples show a third parameter in the fetch method. This parameter doesn't exist in my Typescript definition that wrangler generated. Which is the correct way to access the Cache API? Also if I use the Cache API should I disable edge caching via page rules for the route?

Cache · Cloudflare Workers docs

The Cache API allows fine grained control of reading and writing from the Cloudflare global network cache.

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Cyb3r-Jak3•16mo ago

With functions it should look something like

export async function onRequest({ request, env }) {
 const cache = caches.default;
 let possible_cache = await cache.match(request)
}

export async function onRequest({ request, env }) {
 const cache = caches.default;
 let possible_cache = await cache.match(request)
}

TayOP•16mo ago

why do these examples have a third parameter? https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/cache-api/

Using the Cache API · Cloudflare Workers docs

Documentation for Cloudflare Workers, a serverless execution environment that allows you to create entirely new applications or augment existing ones …

TayOP•16mo ago

my typescript definition doesn't show a third argument nor an object?

declare interface ExportedHandler<
  Env = unknown,
  QueueHandlerMessage = unknown,
  CfHostMetadata = unknown
> {
  fetch?: ExportedHandlerFetchHandler<Env, CfHostMetadata>;
  tail?: ExportedHandlerTailHandler<Env>;
  trace?: ExportedHandlerTraceHandler<Env>;
  scheduled?: ExportedHandlerScheduledHandler<Env>;
  test?: ExportedHandlerTestHandler<Env>;
  email?: EmailExportedHandler<Env>;
  queue?: ExportedHandlerQueueHandler<Env, QueueHandlerMessage>;
}

declare interface ExportedHandler<
  Env = unknown,
  QueueHandlerMessage = unknown,
  CfHostMetadata = unknown
> {
  fetch?: ExportedHandlerFetchHandler<Env, CfHostMetadata>;
  tail?: ExportedHandlerTailHandler<Env>;
  trace?: ExportedHandlerTraceHandler<Env>;
  scheduled?: ExportedHandlerScheduledHandler<Env>;
  test?: ExportedHandlerTestHandler<Env>;
  email?: EmailExportedHandler<Env>;
  queue?: ExportedHandlerQueueHandler<Env, QueueHandlerMessage>;
}

Cyb3r-Jak3•16mo ago

There are more parameters on the context https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/platform/functions/api-reference/#eventcontext and I just made it simpler. The docs you link are workers and not functions through

TayOP•16mo ago

Ah my bad I meant workers. For workers would i access it via the global variable?

Cyb3r-Jak3•16mo ago

I think you could make const cache = cache.default as a global variable or you can have it for each request.

TayOP•16mo ago

Got it. Is the doc I linked outdated then?

Cyb3r-Jak3•16mo ago

I don't think so. Unfortunately my knowledge of typescript types is very limited but it is a global object not a global variable.

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