How do I set HTTP Headers in Ruby/Sinatra app, hosted on Heroku?

Question

I've got a working app based in Ruby and Sinatra that is deployed on Heroku.

I want to take advantage of the HTTP caching available on Heroku, which uses Varnish.

I'm not sure what the best way to set the headers is, and the correct syntax.

Any thoughts on the best approach and syntax?

before do
    headers "Content-Type" => "text/html; charset=utf8"
end

get '/' do
    headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=600'

    # SOME STUFF HERE

    haml :home, {:layout => :layout_minfooter}

end

the Tin Man · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-05T17:36:59.360

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Usually dynamically generated pages have no caching so the

response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=300'

header is the right starting point.

Try using one of the services at "Use a Web-based service" to see if they show up in the HTTPd header sent back from your site.

edited Apr 05 '17 at 17:36

answered Nov 17 '10 at 03:19

the Tin Man

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Looks like I had it correctly set, with the tools linked I could confirm that. – Neil Nov 18 '10 at 11:23
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Dealing with caching issues is a pain in the a**, both from the client and the server sides. – the Tin Man Nov 18 '10 at 15:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 07 '14 at 15:31

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You can also access the header fields of the response object with this syntax:

response['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=600'

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answered Nov 18 '10 at 07:11

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 24 '17 at 16:53

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In Sinatra you can use the cache_control method:

get '/' do
  # Cache for 24 hours
  cache_control :public, max_age: 86400

  # Your magic goes here
end

answered Nov 24 '17 at 16:53

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How do I set HTTP Headers in Ruby/Sinatra app, hosted on Heroku?

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