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Busting the cache

There are a couple of ways to set your TTL on a per-table basis.

This may be useful if you are updating your data and would like your data to reflect your Airtable almost instantly.

Make a request​

The easiest and simplest way to bust a cache is to make a DELETE request to our endpoint.

In order to this, you will need...

  • your user ID,
  • your base ID or name,
  • your table ID or name, and
  • optionally, your view name

The URL structure is: https://airproxy.api/api/v1/data/<user_id>/<base_name>/<table_name>?view=<view_name>.

You will probably recognise this URL structure from fetching your data; that's because it's exactly the same. The only difference is that you need to send a DELETE request, rather than a GET request.

Of course, you are free to setup a cron job, manually send a request or any number of other imaginative ways to do this. Tweet me some creative way!

Automations​

Note: to set this up, you will need an either an Pro and Enterprise Airtable plan.

Currently, the only way to bust a cache "automatically" is through an Airtable automation.

To set this up...

  1. Open a base on Airtable,
  2. Click "Automations" on the top of your screen,
  3. Click "When a record is updated",
  4. Select a table under the "Configuration" section on the right hand side and filter by columns if desired.

You will then be able to add a fetch request to a URL in the style above. You can learn how to do this in the section above, under Make a request.

Webhooks​

😇 Coming soon!

We're currently working on a way to allow us to listen for changes to your Airtable data and purge your cache automatically.

This is currently in development; but if this feature would be useful for you, please support it through our feature roadmap.

Tweaking your TTL value​

When you set your TTL on a table, we purge the cache so that we can update the expiry timestamp.

Although not a recommended way, in a pinch you can use this to purge a tables cache.

If you would like different ways to set and control your TTL times, let me know via our feature roadmap!