With the Caching Resources policy it is possible to cache requests based on their URL path, HTTP method and HTTP status code. This allows reducing overall traffic to the backend API.
The size of the cache to be used can be defined in the Advanced API Management Settings.
If you want to cache POST requests, you have to enable stateful request payload inspection in your API Implementation.
Configuration Options
All rules that have been defined are listed in section Cached Resources.
Global Caching Settings
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Cache API responses for |
Specify a duration in seconds for how long the resources are cached (time-to-live). |
any long integer |
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Caching Resources Rule
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Option |
Description |
Allowed Values |
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Path Pattern |
Enter a regular expression that will be used to identify the REST resource to cache. This applies to the resource path from the API endpoint on, e.g. |
a valid regular expression |
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HTTP Method |
Specify a HTTP method to apply the path pattern to. You will get a hint as soon as you add a rule containing 
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* |
Cache all allowed methods (see below). |
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GET |
Cache GET requests only. |
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POST |
Cache POST requests only. |
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HEAD |
Cache HEAD requests only. |
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Status Code |
Specify a status code that will be used to identify the REST resource to cache. |
* |
Cache all status codes. |
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a specify status code |
Cache this specific status code only. |
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