NAME

MooseX::CachingProxy - Send LWP requests through a caching proxy server

SYNOPSIS

    package MyDownloader;
    use Moose;
    use WWW::Mechanize;
    with 'MooseX::CachingProxy';

    has url => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Str', default => 'http://example.com');

    sub BUILD {$self->start_caching_proxy}

    # this method retrieves web pages via the caching proxy
    sub get_files { 
        my $response = WWW::Mechanize->new()->get('http://example.com');
    }

    # this method retrieves web pages directly from example.com
    sub get_fresh_files {
        $self->stop_caching_proxy;
        my $response = WWW::Mechanize->new()->get('http://example.com');
        $self->start_caching_proxy;
    }

DESCRIPTION

This is a Moose role that allows you to easily cache responses from remote servers. For this to work, use either LWP or a library that uses LWP (like WWW::Mechanize).

The implementation is a mashup of Plack::App::Proxy, Plack::Middleware::Cache, and LWP::Protocol::PSGI. It intercepts any LWP requests made and routes them to a PSGI app. The PSGI app will return a cached response if available or send the request on to the intended server.

This role requires a 'url' attribute or method.

ATTRIBUTES

url

Required. All requests are proxied to this server. Example: http://example.com.

caching_proxy_dir

Optional. The directory on the local filesystem where responses are cached. The default location is '/tmp/caching-proxy'.

METHODS

start_caching_proxy()

Start intercepting LWP requests with a caching proxy server

stop_caching_proxy()

Start intercepting LWP requests with a caching proxy server

TODO

Add an option to remove the cache directory?

THANKS

Thanks to Foxtons Ltd for providing the opportunity to write and release the original version of this module.

SEE ALSO

Plack::App::Proxy, Plack::Middleware::Cache, LWP::Protocol::PSGI

AUTHOR

Eric Johnson <cpan at iijo dot org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Eric Johnson.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.