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Is it possible to configure nginx proxy_cache_key to include a specific header as a key instead of just request/args?
I would like to cache my API GET hits and am using x-authtoken in my headers for authentication. This is ignored currently, so another user will get the cache of a previous user if I leave cache enabled.
@Alexy Ten posted the link to the correct location in the docs, but just to make it easier for people in the future:
$http_name arbitrary request header field; the last part of a variable name is the field name converted to lower case with dashes replaced by underscores
So in your case it would look like: proxy_cache_key $http_x_authtoken.
$http_x_requested_with header. My full cache key looks like this: fastcgi_cache_key $scheme$request_method$host$request_uri$http_x_requested_with;
Jan 18, 2017 at 18:05
$http_...nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#var_http_