ttl

Type:

Default: '24h'

It sets the maximum quantity of time a resource can be cached before be considered as expired over the target url.

The following examples show how to use the Microlink API with CLI, cURL, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP & Golang, targeting 'https://microlink.io' URL with 'ttl' API parameter:

CLI Microlink API example

microlink https://microlink.io&ttl=1d

cURL Microlink API example

curl -G "https://api.microlink.io" \
  -d "url=https://microlink.io" \
  -d "ttl=1d"

JavaScript Microlink API example

import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://microlink.io', {
  ttl: "1d"
})

Python Microlink API example

import requests

url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

querystring = {
    "url": "https://microlink.io",
    "ttl": "1d"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())

Ruby Microlink API example

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

base_url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

params = {
  url: "https://microlink.io",
  ttl: "1d"
}

uri = URI(base_url)
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
response = http.request(request)

puts response.body

PHP Microlink API example

<?php

$baseUrl = "https://api.microlink.io/";

$params = [
    "url" => "https://microlink.io",
    "ttl" => "1d"
];

$query = http_build_query($params);
$url = $baseUrl . '?' . $query;

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET"
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #: " . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}

Golang Microlink API example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    baseURL := "https://api.microlink.io"

    u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    q := u.Query()
    q.Set("url", "https://microlink.io")
    q.Set("ttl", "1d")
    u.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://microlink.io', {
  ttl: "1d"
})

The value provided need to be at least 1 minute and not higher than 31 days, being supported the following formats:

as number in milliseconds (e.g., 86400000).
as humanized representation of the number (e.g., '24h').

The following humanized number variations are supported:

https://microlink.io&ttl=1d        # 86400000
https://microlink.io&ttl=1day      # 86400000
https://microlink.io&ttl=1days     # 86400000

https://microlink.io&ttl=1h        # 3600000
https://microlink.io&ttl=1hour     # 3600000
https://microlink.io&ttl=1hours    # 3600000

https://microlink.io&ttl=90s       # 90000
https://microlink.io&ttl=90secs    # 90000
https://microlink.io&ttl=90second  # 90000
https://microlink.io&ttl=90seconds # 90000

Additionally, we provide 'min' and 'max' aliases:

https://microlink.io&ttl=min     # equivalent to `1m`
https://microlink.io&ttl=max     # equivalent to `31d`

The purpose of this API parameter is to adapt our caching layer based on your necessities:

If you are targetting a URL that changes very often and response time is not critical for you, a small value will work better.
If you are targetting a URL that doesn't change too much or you want to maximize cache hits, getting faster response time, a higher value works better.

The value provided will reflected as x-cache-ttl as part of the response headers.