Caching
All Content APIs are served via our globally distributed edge cache. Whenever a query is being sent to the API, it's response is cached in over 190 data centers around the globe.
GraphCMS handles all cache management for you! For faster queries, use GET requests, so browsers can leverage advanced caching abilities available in the headers.
Two-level cachingAnchor
We use an industry-leading multi-tiered caching appoach. The first layer is close to the user, on 190 edge servers around the world.
If those edge servers don't have a cached response for the requested query, they will retrieve it from a globally distributed second caching layer before eventually retrieving it from our Servers.
This method ensures a fast distribution of your content as soon as the second request hits the API.
Smart cache invalidationAnchor
Our custom cache doesn't rely on a simplistic TTL (Time-to-Live) strategy, but instead uses Smart Invalidation whenever the content or underlaying schema changes. The Smart Invalidation ensures that no stale content will be delivered to your connected applications.
Our System understands if mutations are flowing through the cache and invalidates the affected query response immediately.
Automatic query optimizationsAnchor
We analyze the incoming GraphQL Queries on the edge server closest to the user. During optimization we compress the incoming query to accelerate requests to our API.
In the case of whitespaces or code comments, we still serve the previously cached version.
Browser cachingAnchor
Additonally, we support very fast browser caching based on ETAG headers, when GET requests are being used.
Some client side libraries take care of this for you. For example, if you are using Apollo Client, you can enable the useGETForQueries option in apollo-link-http.