Re: [squid-users] Is it possible to ignore parts of or all parts of a query string?

Anders Nordby wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I would like to cache requests for Shockwave Flash files. The problem
>is, these files have a bunch of cgi/query parameters that is changed for
>every request, making Squid fetch them from the web server each time.
>The output from the webserver is the same each time, so there's no real
>reason why one shouldn't cache or be able to cache the files. An
>example (had to turn off strip_query_terms to see it in the log):
>
>1095077099.840 25 195.159.125.115 TCP_MISS/200 15910 GET
>http://ap.oasfile.aftenposten.no/ap/rosaindex/768x50_aftenposten.swf?clickTAG1=http%3A//primetime.ad.primetime.net/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.aftenposten.no/forside/5278/Top1/primetime/ap_rosaindex_768x50_til_des04/rosaindex_2xclicktag.html/63333966376437333430336565663130%3F_RM_REDIR_%3Dhttp%3A//www.rosaindex.no/%3Frsat%3D3&clickTAG2=http%3A//primetime.ad.primetime.net/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.aftenposten.no/forside/5278/Top1/primetime/ap_rosaindex_768x50_til_des04/rosaindex_2xclicktag.html/63333966376437333430336565663130%3Fhttp%3A//www.rosaindex.no/%3Fsaction%3DSOK%26fdsc%3DrsCompany%26rsat%3D2
>- DIRECT/127.0.0.1 application/x-shockwave-flash
>
>The actual file is just served statically from a local thttpd that has
>all the files.
>
>I suppose the Shockwave "program" (the swf file) uses the query
>parameters as a runtime configuration for what to do etc., so if only
>Squid could pass this on and still cache the file contents, that would
>be exactly what I want.
>
>Anyone have ideas about this? Is it doable? Running the swf's through
>Squid works, it's just that every file that has query parameters is not
>cached. :-(
>
>Regards,
>
>
>
By default, squid don't make cache of dynamic content:

acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
no_cache deny QUERY

If you want cached the swf's, then
remove the query parameter from the
QUERY acl, but it isn't recommended.
See:
http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/

Emilio C.
Received on Mon Sep 13 2004 - 06:32:55 MDT