From 7df8c8c28720248d259eb354280883a75fc4e5c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hodgson Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 05:36:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] apply some cache headers to try to make the content repo less nutso --- synapse/http/content_repository.py | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/synapse/http/content_repository.py b/synapse/http/content_repository.py index 3159ffff0a..1306b35271 100644 --- a/synapse/http/content_repository.py +++ b/synapse/http/content_repository.py @@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ class ContentRepoResource(resource.Resource): logger.info("Sending file %s", file_path) f = open(file_path, 'rb') request.setHeader('Content-Type', content_type) + + # cache for at least a day. + # XXX: we might want to turn this off for data we don't want to recommend + # caching as it's sensitive or private - or at least select private. + # don't bother setting Expires as all our matrix clients are smart enough to + # be happy with Cache-Control (right?) + request.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public,max-age=86400,s-maxage=86400') + d = FileSender().beginFileTransfer(f, request) # after the file has been sent, clean up and finish the request