wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-iOS
`syncBlogs` makes too many HTTP requests
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Description
This issue could be an improvement worth look into.
There is a syncBlogs function which is called in many places in the app, during login, from the site picker, etc. This function makes a HTTP request to get all blogs the current user has access to. It then fires many HTTP requests to get all blogs' "Jetpack Capabilities", one request for each blog.
I don't think it's efficient to make many HTTP requests to the same API endpoint. It would be slow for Automatticians who probably have close a hundred of blogs to complete all these API calls.
We can potentially look into add an API endpoint that accepts a list of sites and returns their capabilities.
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Research direction
Start with syncBlogs in WordPress/Classes/Services/BlogService.m and JetpackCapabilitiesServiceRemote.swift, then trace its callers during login and site selection. The issue needs a concrete scope for reducing per-blog requests; done should include an agreed request strategy and verification that syncBlogs no longer makes one capability request per blog.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, objective-c, swift
- Domain
- api, mobile-dev, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100