Use GOT cache mechanism to cache GRAPHQL responses

[paulogr]

Is that possible to cache post requests on a GRAPHQL endpoint?

Could help me with some ideas to accomplish this?

I already tried to use the got cache mechanism with redis but by now, without success.

Thank you very much!

[sindresorhus]

By default, Got doesn't cache POST requests since they're typically not idempotent. For GraphQL queries, the simplest approach is to wrap your Got calls with a caching layer:

import got from 'got';
import Keyv from 'keyv';
import KeyvRedis from '@keyv/redis';

const cache = new Keyv({
	store: new KeyvRedis('redis://localhost:6379')
});

async function cachedGraphQL(url, query, variables = {}) {
	const cacheKey = JSON.stringify({ query, variables });
	
	// Check cache first
	const cached = await cache.get(cacheKey);
	if (cached) {
		return cached;
	}
	
	// Make request if not cached
	const response = await got.post(url, {
		json: { query, variables }
	}).json();
	
	// Cache for 5 minutes
	await cache.set(cacheKey, response, 300000);
	
	return response;
}

// Usage
const data = await cachedGraphQL('https://api.example.com/graphql', `
	query {
		users {
			id
			name
		}
	}
`);

This gives you full controll over what gets cached and for how long.