NGINX · JSON Structure

Plus Http Api Nginx Http Caches Map Structure

Status information of all HTTP caches configured by proxy_cache_path and other “*_cache_path” directives.

Type: object Properties: 0
API GatewayCachingCloud-NativeLoad BalancerOpen-SourceReverse ProxyWeb Server

HTTP Caches is a JSON Structure definition published by NGINX. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "name": "HTTP Caches",
  "description": "Status information of all HTTP caches configured by \n<a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_cache_path\">proxy_cache_path</a>\nand other \u201c<code>*_cache_path</code>\u201d directives.\n",
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": {
    "$ref": "#/definitions/NginxHTTPCache"
  },
  "example": {
    "http-cache": {
      "size": 530915328,
      "max_size": 536870912,
      "cold": false,
      "hit": {
        "responses": 254032,
        "bytes": 6685627875
      },
      "stale": {
        "responses": 0,
        "bytes": 0
      },
      "updating": {
        "responses": 0,
        "bytes": 0
      },
      "revalidated": {
        "responses": 0,
        "bytes": 0
      },
      "miss": {
        "responses": 1619201,
        "bytes": 53841943822
      },
      "expired": {
        "responses": 45859,
        "bytes": 1656847080,
        "responses_written": 44992,
        "bytes_written": 1641825173
      },
      "bypass": {
        "responses": 200187,
        "bytes": 5510647548,
        "responses_written": 200173,
        "bytes_written": 44992
      }
    },
    "frontend-cache": {
      "size": 530915328,
      "max_size": 536870912,
      "cold": false,
      "hit": {
        "responses": 254032,
        "bytes": 6685627875
      },
      "stale": {
        "responses": 0,
        "bytes": 0
      },
      "updating": {
        "responses": 0,
        "bytes": 0
      },
      "revalidated": {
        "responses": 0,
        "bytes": 0
      },
      "miss": {
        "responses": 1619201,
        "bytes": 53841943822
      },
      "expired": {
        "responses": 45859,
        "bytes": 1656847080,
        "responses_written": 44992,
        "bytes_written": 1641825173
      },
      "bypass": {
        "responses": 200187,
        "bytes": 5510647548,
        "responses_written": 200173,
        "bytes_written": 44992
      }
    }
  }
}

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