A trick to avoid caching

[Nakul93]

So I just found this video on youtube which explains how we can change the format of date to avoid getting cached data. I think it would be great if we could integrate this in our code.

What are your thoughts guys?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf44_-qqddY

[warlock2k]

This is cool, I think we can do this.

However, since this is already public, do you see a patch coming from cowin for the same soon?

[stockguy78]

Why do they want to Cache data for UI ? doesn't make sense at all..

[6mxo89sqh]

I noticed this last night while doing some testing.

[Nakul93]

This is cool, I think we can do this.

However, since this is already public, do you see a patch coming from cowin for the same soon?

Yeah thats the annoying part they probably might release a patch to fix this

[Nakul93]

Even with our current script caching doesn't seem to be a problem if we are using findBy* APIs. Today I tested for almost 3hrs with 7secs refresh rate and was able to book when slots opened up (it was faster than telegram alerts)

[6mxo89sqh]

Can some one try this out?
https://github.com/6mxo89sqh/covid-vaccine-booking/tree/date-formats

I stopped getting OTP suddenly so unable to test it end-to-end.

[Nakul93]

Can some one try this out?
https://github.com/6mxo89sqh/covid-vaccine-booking/tree/date-formats

I stopped getting OTP suddenly so unable to test it end-to-end.

Tested it, seems to work fine. Does this change the date format on every API call?

[6mxo89sqh]

Ya it rotates it.

[shailesh]

Have you also raised a PR? I'll test it out.

[shivaslifzz]

Can some one try this out?
https://github.com/6mxo89sqh/covid-vaccine-booking/tree/date-formats
I stopped getting OTP suddenly so unable to test it end-to-end.

Tested it, seems to work fine. Does this change the date format on every API call?

I guess it's failing, which find option you used ??

[Nakul93]

@shivaslifzz find by date option for district

[6mxo89sqh]

Well, I don't think this idea is worth raising the PR. Currently, find by is super strong and this calendar is still bad. We are still restricted by 20sessions.

[Nakul93]

Agree with @6mxo89sqh, for now find by option is perfect. But in future if this was to change then we can use this alternative as a fix.

[Nakul93]

Can some one try this out?
https://github.com/6mxo89sqh/covid-vaccine-booking/tree/date-formats

have you tried this with public APIs?