Cache revalidateTag not working
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Toyger posted this in #help-forum
ToygerOP
I'm using uploadThing's api (related in a second) to upload files from the client to the uploadthing website. My webapp is the middle guy where I send a authentication/upload token to the client if they are allowed to upload the file.
The problem comes up when I want to change the icon that the user just uploaded to on the resource they are editting, the cache doesn't revalidate, no matter what I do, the only thing I can do is restart the server and the icon updates, or removing the cache feature.
I've tripple checked and I think this has to be a glitch with caching. Checkout my github here, the main culprit is this function updateResource, and the file icon router
This is where we call the projectUpdate function when a file uploaded: https://github.com/Minecentral-Official/Minecentral-Dashboard/blob/main/src/features/resources/uploadthing/file-route-icon.resource.ts#L29
and here is where the cache is revalidated: https://github.com/Minecentral-Official/Minecentral-Dashboard/blob/main/src/features/resources/mutations/update.project.ts#L9
This works only when I do something like a server action, or I do a fetch request using function that has this revalidateTag.
Any help would be amazing, voice chat would be great too because this feature is super imbedded into my project, and I need caching to release this thing
The problem comes up when I want to change the icon that the user just uploaded to on the resource they are editting, the cache doesn't revalidate, no matter what I do, the only thing I can do is restart the server and the icon updates, or removing the cache feature.
I've tripple checked and I think this has to be a glitch with caching. Checkout my github here, the main culprit is this function updateResource, and the file icon router
This is where we call the projectUpdate function when a file uploaded: https://github.com/Minecentral-Official/Minecentral-Dashboard/blob/main/src/features/resources/uploadthing/file-route-icon.resource.ts#L29
and here is where the cache is revalidated: https://github.com/Minecentral-Official/Minecentral-Dashboard/blob/main/src/features/resources/mutations/update.project.ts#L9
This works only when I do something like a server action, or I do a fetch request using function that has this revalidateTag.
Any help would be amazing, voice chat would be great too because this feature is super imbedded into my project, and I need caching to release this thing
Answered by Roseate Spoonbill
What I usually do, is create
/api/revalidate endpoint, which does the revalidation and then fetch it from my crons etc. Not the prettiest and you have to worry about protecting it, but it works.4 Replies
Roseate Spoonbill
What I usually do, is create
/api/revalidate endpoint, which does the revalidation and then fetch it from my crons etc. Not the prettiest and you have to worry about protecting it, but it works.Answer
@Roseate Spoonbill What I usually do, is create `/api/revalidate` endpoint, which does the revalidation and then fetch it from my crons etc. Not the prettiest and you have to worry about protecting it, but it works.
ToygerOP
yikes, I saw this as a solution, but there HAS to be a better way.
ToygerOP
well, i caved, and I went with this solution, it aint pretty but it's protected against any maliciousness.
Thank you @Roseate Spoonbill
Thank you @Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill
Believe me, I was looking for purely programmatic solution, but never found any. It was some time ago, so there might be some known workaround, but if there is, it's not easy to find.