[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16624: Cache for WP_HTTP

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#16624: Cache for WP_HTTP
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 Reporter:  akshay_raje                    |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  HTTP                           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion needs-patch close  |
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Changes (by dd32):

 * keywords:  2nd-opinion needs-patch => 2nd-opinion needs-patch close


Comment:

 IMO, This should be left to plugins to handle. Specifically, if a plugin
 requests a document, it needs to parse it and then cache the result
 somehow.

 Many uses of WP_HTTP is for data which should not be cached, only the
 parsed response.

 For example, API's in !WordPress parse the response and then cache that
 result. Feeds are requested, parsed, and then cached. File downloads
 shouldn't be cached, etc.

 Caching the whole result when a plugin only needs a small segment is also
 just going to end up caching more than is needed.

 Of course, there will be plugins which require the entire document to be
 cached, but they're in a minority compared to most uses of the API IMO.

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