pyramid_cachebust

Nascent cache busting for the Pyramid web framework


Keywords
web, wsgi, pylons, pyramid, cachebust
License
MIT
Install
pip install pyramid_cachebust==0.1.1

Documentation

Pyramid Cachebust

Bust cache on static assets via query string params.

Installation

Via pip:

pip install pyramid_cachebust

Setup

Add to your configurator via the include method:

config = Configurator()
config.include('pyramid_cachebust')
config.add_static_view('static', 'myapp:static')

Now pyramid.request.Request has two new methods: cachebusted_path and cachebusted_url. These methods are wrappers for request.static_path and request.static_url, with the addition of tagging on cache-busting query parameters:

request.cachebusted_path('myapp:static/file.css')
>>> '/static/file.css?_=394a82fdd72eed3ac45d113bd8af554e'

request.cachebusted_url('myapp:static/file.css')
>>> 'http://localhost/static/file.css?_=394a82fdd72eed3ac45d113bd8af554e'

The querystring gets generated in one of two ways. The default is an MD5 hexdigest of the file contents. The two alternatives are the file's mtime ('mtime') or the time of app init ('init'). Generation of the hash/lookup of the mtime happens once per asset. Results are cached and served upon resultant calls.

Configuration

To place in your Pyramid .ini:

name type default description
cachebust.enabled bool true toggles plugin on/off
cachebust.reload_files bool false when true, cache is ignored and query param is calculated on every request
cachebust.method str md5 method of file calculation (md5, mtime or init)
cachebust.param_key str _ key of query param

Contributors

Thanks for your contributions:

  • Richard Maisano (maisano)
  • Marius Gedminas (mgedmin)