HTTP Caching for REST APIs

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Using an HTTP reverse-proxy cache to scale REST APIs and improve response times by making the API send correct HTTP caching directives. Covers cache invalidation and cache tagging techniques, and shows how to handle cached result lists using Edge Side Includes (ESI).

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:20HTTP Caching principles
3. 7:23Cache-Control headers
4. 16:49API Platform caching
5. 20:25Cache invalidation
6. 27:41Caching data lists
7. 35:43Conclusion

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