Use conditional requests for API requests
Open
enhancement
help wanted
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 4.8k
- Forks
- 771
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
https://developer.github.com/v3/#conditional-requests
Allows us to drastically cut down on the number of API requests we've made if there aren't any changes since the last time we accessed the endpoint.
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reading the linked GitHub conditional requests documentation and locating the app’s GitHub API request handling; done means unchanged endpoint responses avoid unnecessary full requests and the behavior is verified by existing checks.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github, javascript
- Domain
- api, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100