Question User data caching

[T1MOXA]

Good evening.

I noticed that user data is cached.

For example:

community.getSteamUser(steamID), (err, user) => {

    console.log(user.groups);

});

Will output the same data until I restarted the bot.

Is there a way to disable this cache ?

[Dr. McKay]

If it's cached, then it's cached by Steam.

[T1MOXA]

Thanks for the reply.

And it is impossible to disable ?

[Dr. McKay]

I don't believe so.

[PonyExpress]

I had this problem.

Data from pages like https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198054394425/?xml=1 are cached both in a regular browser and in nodeJS. And as a result, the function getSteamUser can return old data.

I don't know how to disable caching in nodeJS.

I used quite simply another solution.

\node_modules\steamcommunity\classes\CSteamUser.js

Quote

this.httpRequest("http://steamcommunity.com/" + (typeof id === 'string' ? "id/" + id : "profiles/" + id.toString()) + "/?xml=1&random=" + Date.now(), function(err, response, body) {

 

Tests:

            community.getSteamUser(new SteamID("76561198125730690"), (error, user) => {
                if (error) {
                    console.log(error)
                } else {
                    console.log(user.privacyState)
                }
            })

Results, without fix:

public
// Here I make the profile private
public

 

With fix:
private
// Here I make the profile public
public
// Here I make the profile for friends only
friendsonly