is it possible to write output of view function to another blade file?

As the title says, i would like to render a page from view() function to save in another blade file. Then serve that blade file from a route. So render a blade file with variable for page1.blade.php then put the output in page2.blade.php Reason behind: My page1 gets data from an external api, which stays same throughout the day. So i dont want to hit the endpoint every time someone loads the page. So i will generate the page once in the morning, then serve it all day. Is there an easier way to do this?

tykus

3 years ago

Level 104

You're thinking about the problem from the wrong angle - the data is consistent, not the rendered view. Fetch the data from the external API and cache it. Then render the view using the cached data.

$data = cache()->remember('data_from_external_api', today()->addDay(), function () {
		return Http::get(/* third party url */)
            // etc
});

return view('name.of.view', compact('data'));

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martinbean

3 years ago

Best Answer

Level 80

My page1 gets data from an external api, which stays same throughout the day. So i dont want to hit the endpoint every time someone loads the page. So i will generate the page once in the morning, then serve it all day. Is there an easier way to do this?

@reaz Yes, there’s an easier way. Just use caching instead of this convoluted workaround.

Cache the results the first time you make a request to the API:

$results = Cache::remember('api_results', Carbon::today()->endOfDay(), function () {
    // Do API call here...
});

return view('some.view', [
    'results' => $results,
]);

The API will only be hit once and its results cached until the end of the current day.

Docs: https://laravel.com/docs/cache

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