use env var EMPTY_CACHE_TIMEOUT

stacks-network · Oct 30, 2018 · a4bef8e · a4bef8e
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diff --git a/api/config.py b/api/config.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ def str2bool(s):
 # DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT determines the
 DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv('DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT','43200'))  # 12 hours in seconds
 
+EMPTY_CACHE_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv('EMPTY_CACHE_TIMEOUT','60'))  # 1 minute
+
 # DEBUG increases logging verbosity
 DEBUG = str2bool(os.getenv('DEBUG','False'))
 

diff --git a/api/search/server.py b/api/search/server.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 from flask import request, jsonify, make_response, render_template, Blueprint
 from flask_crossdomain import crossdomain
 
-from api.config import DEFAULT_HOST, DEFAULT_PORT, DEBUG, DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT
+from api.config import DEFAULT_HOST, DEFAULT_PORT, DEBUG, DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT, EMPTY_CACHE_TIMEOUT
 from api.config import SEARCH_DEFAULT_LIMIT as DEFAULT_LIMIT
 
 from .substring_search import search_people_by_name, search_people_by_twitter
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ def search_by_name():
 
     resp = make_response(jsonify(results))
     if len(results['results']) > 0:
-        cache_timeout = DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT)
+        cache_timeout = DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT
     else:
-        cache_timeout = 60
+        cache_timeout = EMPTY_CACHE_TIMEOUT
 
     resp.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age={:d}'.format(cache_timeout)