How do I set HTTP Headers in Ruby/Sinatra app, hosted on Heroku?

ruby http-headers heroku sinatra varnish
Neil picture Neil · Nov 16, 2010 · Viewed 21.9k times · Source

I've got a working app based in Ruby and Sinatra that is deployed on Heroku.

I want to take advantage of the HTTP caching available on Heroku, which uses Varnish.

I'm not sure what the best way to set the headers is, and the correct syntax.

Any thoughts on the best approach and syntax? 

before do
    headers "Content-Type" => "text/html; charset=utf8"
end

get '/' do
    headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=600'

    # SOME STUFF HERE

    haml :home, {:layout => :layout_minfooter}

end

Answer

the Tin Man picture the Tin Man · Nov 17, 2010

Usually dynamically generated pages have no caching so the

response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=300'

header is the right starting point.

Try using one of the services at "Use a Web-based service" to see if they show up in the HTTPd header sent back from your site.

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