HTTP & Cache

Communicate with external REST services via the high-speed compiled HTTP driver, and save latency with declarative route caching.

HTTP Client

Fetch remote resources using the native http module. Parse response payloads directly into JSON models.

fetch.js

                    import { http } from 'kitwork';

                    const fetch = http.get("https://api.external.com/data");

                    if (fetch.status == 200) {

                        const body = fetch.json();

                        log.Print("Parsed API response: " + body.message);

                    }

Declarative Caching

Speed up heavy operations or external database reads by attaching a cache directive directly to your route declarations.

cache.js

                    // Cache responses for 1 hour

                    router.get("/heavy-data").cache("1h").handle((res) => {

                        const data = db.table("analytics").list();

                        return res.json(data);

                    });

Route Flow Hooks

Define success/failure hooks using .then() and .catch() methods to implement clean logging, error metrics, and response monitors.

hooks.js

                    router.get("/external-sync")

                        .catch(() => log.Print("External sync failed"))

                        .then(() => log.Print("External sync succeeded"))

                        .handle((res) => {

                            const fetch = http.get("https://api.external.com/sync");

                            return res.json(fetch.json());

                        });